()  Stephanie Hanrahan, activist and mom of two children with autism, told that Tuesday’s “Make Our Children Healthy Again” report brought new information, but “responsibility remains unchanged.”

“After reading the (Health and Human Services) report released today by Secretary (Robert F. Kennedy Jr.), my focus isn’t on the findings it’s on the families,” Hanrahan told .

Hanrahan has chronicled her journey through parenting two children on the autism spectrum and has rebuffed Kennedy’s autism comments in the past. 

After Tuesday’s MAHA Commission report, Hanrahan says HHS has a responsibility to serve and protect children. 

“The parents who have always done everything possible to keep their children safe are now, in light of these sweeping statements, left feeling at fault,” she said. “We cannot let information that might be true spiral into fear, shame or blame.”

Kennedy has vowed to find the root cause of autism by September, saying Tuesday that autism rates and other chronic illnesses are a national security issue.

“Eight in 10 of our children, of our young men, cannot qualify for military service,” Kennedy said Tuesday.

Last week, The Wall Street Journal reported Kennedy was poised to release a report linking pregnant women’s use of acetaminophen commonly included in the painkiller Tylenol to autism in children.  

FDA Commissioner Marty Makary said on ‘s The Hill on Friday that the report had not been written and that The Wall Street Journal article likely was based on research out of Harvard.

“We got to get to the bottom of it. There’s a lot of amazing research that we’re going through, and I think we’re going to have a pretty amazing report later this month,” Makary said.

Tuesday’s report did not mention acetaminophen use among pregnant women. Instead, the report called for the National Institutes of Health to use medical records and health insurance claims data to “study the root causes of autism.”

“Research on autism must continue, but until a single factor is identified through peer-reviewed, evidence-based trials, we must approach broad headlines with caution,” Hanrahan said.

Hanrahan said she wants to see public health policy focus on things like removing insurance barriers for children with autism, ensuring early intervention, funding rigorous research and, “most importantly, sustaining ongoing support for families who need it right here, right now.”

She said her “two autistic children are part of an extraordinary population, no less worthy of the freedoms and opportunities this country offers than anyone else. But in order to access those, they need support.”