Parents Divided over Palin's Promise to Help
EXCERPTS from the New York Times (Sept. 7):
Parents of Special-Needs Children Divided Over Palin’s Promise to Help
By JENNIFER STEINHAUER and AMY HARMON
...Ms. Palin’s offer of friendship sparked hope in many parents, advocates and lawyers as the often-marginalized subject of disabilities rights took center stage. “We need one, that’s for sure,” wrote one blogger, Rhymerchick, a Phoenix mother with an autistic child, adding, “I am tempted to vote for them just because of that promise.”
In animated debates in blogs, chat rooms and classrooms across America, others wondered what such advocacy would entail. But the governor offered no details, and Maria Comella, her spokeswoman, would not elaborate on what Ms. Palin would seek to accomplish for disabled children as vice president...
...To those in Alaska who work with children with special needs, Ms. Palin’s pronouncement was surprising; the disabled have not been a centerpiece of Ms. Palin’s 20-months in office or any of her campaigns for office...
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