When Rachel Deaton heard that President Donald Trump was going to make an announcement on autism, she said she was excited to see what the government would do to help families affected by the condition. But the president’s remarks were not what she expected.

“I was a little scared and a little sad because, as a mom of a child with autism, I felt like maybe I was being blamed for that,” Deaton said.

President Donald Trump on Monday used the platform of the presidency to promote unproven and in some cases discredited ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism as his administration announced a wide-ranging effort to study the causes of the complex brain disorder.

The rambling announcement, which appeared to rely on existing studies rather than significant new research, comes as the Make America Healthy Again movement has been pushing for answers on the causes of autism. The diverse coalition of supporters of Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. includes several anti-vaccine activists who have long spread debunked claims that immunizations are responsible.

Deaton lives in the suburb of Indianapolis and is the mother of two children, including a 22-year-old son, Luke, with autism. She describes him as an atypical young man who likes connecting with people, reading books, and enjoys singing and dancing.

Trump’s statements made Deaton, who is also director of training and legislation for the Autism Society of Indiana, question her own pregnancy. “I did all the advice that was given to me at that time by my doctors and what was recommended by the federal government to be a good mother at that time,” she said.

Responding to Trump’s warnings, the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine said it still recommends Tylenol as an appropriate option to treat fever and pain during pregnancy.

While Trump’s announcement might influence women who are currently pregnant, Deaton noted that the administration did not address how it would help families already affected by autism.

“The government is cutting funding for Medicaid, it’s cutting funding for special education, it is cutting funding for therapies. And these families, and my family in particular, utilize those services to help their children be the best that they can be and be contributors to society, to be taxpayers, to go get jobs,” Deaton said.