The Trump administration is considering adding autism to the list of injuries covered under the federal program aimed at compensating people who have been harmed by vaccines, according to a top adviser to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Changes made to the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) have made it virtually impossible for children with regressive encephalopathy to be recognized and compensated, said Andrew Downing, a vaccine injury attorney and senior policy advisor at HHS.

Downing, speaking Thursday during an autism discussion hosted by the MAHA Institute, said making changes to the VICP to include children with neurological issues is one of the key issues he and Kennedy are working on.

“Part of what Secretary Kennedy is doing right now — w

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