obamas updated stance on autism

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I read on obamas site what he plans to do policy wise about people on the ASD spectrum. I do not like that he is going to fund the combatting autism act, although there does seem to be some positive actions he will take.

http://www.barackobama.com/pdf/AutismSp ... orders.pdf

this page contains all contact information

http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/contact/

cool ill read this later when i have more time

I wonder if you could explain a bit more about this Combating Autism Act. I'm from the UK so not au fait with American politics. I've read the link you post above, and the summary published on the White House website, and despite the ill advised title (surely "Supporting" or "Researching" might be better than "combating"?) the spirit of the act seems to be quite positive (although I have to say I'm always sceptical of politicians..)

I note on the White House website that the first paragraph quotes George W Bush introducing the Act when it was passed, which does quote him as saying the act will go towards "curing autism" - totally lacking in understanding clearly, but isn't that the case for everythign Dubya says? Surely we just write that off as a Bush-ism and take the act in the spirit it seems to be meant?

And if it funds further research into ASDs, the research can't help but conclude that "cure" isn't really a relevant term, and that the research will be better directed at providing better levels of support within families & communities, raising awareness, and so on, which are all aims of the act (or so it says). Professional researchers especially those into healthcare don't waste their time barking up the wrong tree - it looks bad on their academic credentials! So even if Bushy thinks there is a cure (let's face it he probably thinks being black or a democrat can be cured), then the research he's funding will prove him wrong... surely?

Or am I missing something? Help in understanding appreciated!

I'll bet the obama thing is really sweet, but the guy has flip-flopped on every issued he campaigned on during the primaries.

I think Obama's middle initial 'H.' stands for "How can you believe a word I say?"! !

I know a lot of you are skeptical about politicians and their promises. I'm one of the biggest skeptics there is. Still, when you weigh both parties' stance on health care and related issues, Obama's camp comes out on top. I don't agree 100% with all of his policies on various matters (I agree probably about 80%), but the alternative is 4 years of similar policies to those of the Bush administration. Have you seen what their policies have done to our economy? Lost jobs mean lost health insurance. Lost health insurance means some of our fellow autistics who are deeper into the spectrum could possibly lose their medical care.

Republican, Democrat or Independent-- we need to stand together on the issues that affect our country the most this electoral season. Think, and then cast your vote.

/voting Obama '08

No, that's the same stance he had before. Pretty much verbatim.

It would help if he stopped using so much political jargon and toned down his bombastic usage of words. I mean seriously, I'm suprised if any American, aspie or otherwise, could decipher this load of horses**t. Based on this page alone, you'd think Obama would be the kind of person who would write a 5-paragraph essay for a multiple-choice question. Whenever someone explains something to me, I understand it much better if they use laymans terms and keep it condensed to no more than 5 minute reports, 10 for oral presentation. Any longer and I tune you out with my mental iPod. Got it memorized?

[joke] vote for Ron Paul 2008! [/joke]