Category: Autism

This is just a great story: Joe Steffy is off to Overland Park, Kan., this week to do a PowerPoint presentation on his business, Poppin’ Joe’s Kettle Korn. He’s a 23-year-old small-business man with a goal of $100,000 in sales by 2012. Joe also has autism and Down syndrome and…

Earlier today, I wrote briefly about an article I read on CNN.com that detailed the struggles of a family with a child with autism. As a followup to that article, Linda Saether of CNN has written a followup detailing how intervention has made a difference for the Bilson family, who…

One of my great disappointments in the aftermath of last year’s contentious state budget process was the removal of a mandate that health insurance companies in Wisconsin provide coverage to children affected by autism. Throughout the time this blog has been on the intertubes, I’ve written at length about my…

I came across a great article about autism on CNN.com yesterday, and to be honest, I don’t have much to add, except to encourage all three of you who read this blog to go read the article. It does a great job of giving insight into what it’s like to…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…