For those of you who’ve been faithful, loyal readers, you know my own personal story when it comes to how autism has touched my life. I’ve written at lengthhere at Blogging Blue about autism, and more specifically efforts by Wisconsin lawmakers to require insurance companies to provide coverage for autism behavioral therapy. With the new [...]
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I’ve spent some time on this blog writing about autism, especially efforts by Democrats here in Wisconsin to mandate that health insurance companies provide coverage for behavioral therapy for autistic children, therapy which is not currently covered by any private health insurance offered by any insurer in the state of Wisconsin. Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin, [...] Yesterday Gov. Sarah Palin gave a policy speech in Pittsburgh dedicated to the issue of special needs children. I’ve been curious to hear Gov. Palin speak on this issue, because it’s an issue near and dear to my heart, but I was sorely disappointed by some of Gov. Palin’s remarks, more specifically her mocking of [...] I know I’ve spent a lot of time in the past week talking about the idiocy of Michael Savage, and while I had hoped to be able to move on, I’ve got a little bit of good news to report. WINA, a radio station in Charlottesville, Virginia, has pulled the Michael Savage show from its [...] You’ll have to excuse my focus over the last few days on conservative talk radio host Michael Savage, but his comments about autistic children and their parents merit some attention. Happily, there’s some good news to report. FOXNews.com is reporting that Aflac, an advertiser on Savage’s radio show, has pulled all their advertising from Savage’s [...] I’ve blogged not once, but twice about the insensitive and uninformed (read, ignorant) comments of conservative radio host Michael Savage, and in an attempt to find out if 620 WTMJ (they carry Savage’s show locally) condones his remarks, I emailed Program Manager Tom Parker. I called too, but apparently Tom Parker doesn’t like phones. Anyhow, [...] This past Saturday, I blogged about comments made by Michael Savage on the July 16th edition of his nationally syndicated radio show. During his show, Savage called autism a “fraud, a racket” and proceeded to explain that in 99 percent of the cases, autism is a brat who hasn’t been told to cut the act [...] Today’s a special day here at Blogging Blue, because we’re unveiling a new weekly segment titled “Idiot of the Week.” The first winner of the “Idiot of the Week” award is none other than right-wing squawker Michael Savage, who claimed during his July 16th syndicated show that autism is: “[a] fraud, a racket. … [...] This just speaks for itself: On May 21, Alex Barton, age 5, was escorted out of his kindergarten classroom at Morningside Elementary in Port St. Lucie, Fla., by the local police department’s “school resource officer.” Alex, who is autistic, was taken to the assistant principal, to whom he promised he would “not kick students, throw [...] I’m going to get off my political soapbox for a moment to climb on my soapbox on behalf of individuals and families affected by autism. As the parent of a beautiful and brilliant autistic child, I’m not ashamed to admit I’ve often been a fierce advocate on behalf of my son and all those [...] |
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