Politics

Most All Autism Politics is Local

December 4, 2008

I saw this over at Little Bug Words and wanted to spread the word on this great resource. The National Conference of State Legislatures has a database of autism-related legislation recently passed or currently being considered, listed by state, category, and current status. This is a fabulous way of keeping up with what’s going on [...]

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And Now We Will Hold You To It

November 5, 2008

We now have President-Elect Barack Obama, and the two years of campaigning, all the incessant political ads, tens of millions of votes, the raw emotions of this day, and – regardless of how you feel about the outcome – the history we have now witnessed have quickly turned into just preamble. That’s about how long [...]

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Obama and McCain on Autism Spectrum Disorders, Education, and Health Care

October 30, 2008

I had intended to write some sort of analysis of the Presidential candidates and their policies relating to autism spectrum disorders, education, and health care. After I wrote some of it, I realized that’s an epic topic somewhere on the order of “How carbon has influenced the evolution of the Earth.” So, I’m going to [...]

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Thilly Thursdays – Joes, Bobs, the Race for the White House, and the Decent Into Political Asininity

October 16, 2008

JOE, MONTANA, Oct. 15 — After Senator John McCain last night invoked the name of “Joe the Plumber” over 20 times in the final Presidential debate, today Senator Barack Obama’s campaign sought—and quickly found—its own construction-based voter and adopted him as the new symbol of their campaign.     “Bob the Builder is the symbol [...]

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