Palin, in her speech, stated that, as a mother with a child with special needs, she understood what mothers with exceptional children went through, and she would be a strong advocate for disability rights in the White House. Well, firstly, I disagree with the statement that she knows what mothers of special needs children go through. Her son is 4 months old. She hasn't even started down that road. She has never sat in an IEP meeting fighting for that child's educational rights. She has never had to worry about the expense of early intervention. She has never worried about getting that child proper medical care, or providing any kind of therapy that her insurance won't cover. Frankly, she is clueless regarding what the average mother of a child with a disability goes through on a dalily basis. But what's more important, she opbviously is not as aware as she claims to be about disability rights in general. If she is such a strong advocate for disability rights, why didn't she demand that interpreters be present and visable during her own speech, much less during the entire convention?
If this is an example of how strongly she, or anyone else in the Republican party, will advocate for and uphold the rights of the disabled in this country, we all need to be very, very worried.
Liebling. Yes, some just misunderstand what Obama's positions really are. But it seems that more and more people are beginning to understand. That's a good thing.
