Category: Autism

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…

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]…

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…

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…

According to a cost estimate by the Wisconsin Department of Administration’s Division of Executive Budget and Finance, the cost of health insurance coverage for autistic children whose parents already have insurance is about 10 million dollars. That’s right, 10 million dollars is all it will take to make sure the…

I know I can be very passionate – sometimes to a fault – when it comes to issues that matter a great deal to me, and I’m sure it’s obvious to all six of my regular readers that autism happens to be one of those issues. In a blog entry,…

Shame on him for caving in and allowing mandatory health insurance coverage for autism treatment to be cut from the budget “compromise” reached late yesterday. It’s really a sad day when politicians are so readily willing to make treatment for autistic kids a political issue, and it’s a sad day…

Apparently so, according to those “compassionate conservatives” in Madison. Assembly Republicans have released a list of things that the Republican leadership sent out that they find objectionable in the Governor’s new budget, and included among the many objectionable items is this: Autism Insurance Mandate with $1.3 million in new spending…