With Super Tuesday coming up tomorrow, here are the Democrat candidates’ positions on autism:
Hillary Rodham Clinton’s autism plan calls for $700 million in funding for autism research and education; here’s the details.
Barack Obama talks about autism in his plan to empower Americans with Disabilities; an overview of the full plan (PDF file).
I have not found (and please let me know if you have!) autism plans on the websites of the other candidates. The Daily Iowan has published a letter from the mother of an autistic child in which she talks about John McCain. Mike Huckabee attended a haircutting fundraiser for autism in New Hampshire and a search of Mitt Romney’s website turned up “no results.”
Autism Bulletin also has an analysis of the candidates’ views on autism, as does John J. Pitney, Jr., on the Britannica Blog.
Obama’s gaining on Clinton here in New Jersey…….
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Cliff, Hitler and Mussolini were most definitely on the Left. They were into collectivism, and against individualism, big time!
I’ll admit that individualism and libertarianism, taken to extremes, would end up with, as Jerry Pournelle wrote, “human meat sold in the market.”
Extreme individualism horrifies me as much as extreme collectivism. I think we’re trending too much in the latter direction, these days.
Oh, and I count limited-liability corporations as extremes of collectivism.
thanks for these updates—-NJ Senator Menendez is listed too.
I met Hillary today. What an amazing woman. I thanked her for her autism plan, and told her I had a 15 yo autistic son. We talked about how as kids get older, they are basically abandoned by the system. So – Then I asked her if she was going to create an Autism Task Force, and her face LIT UP and she emphatically said YES! She also said she wanted to make sure that more services are provided all around.
So there you go.
I will have this all on video to prove it, as soon as a friend gives me the DVD she took.