smirk's phony austistic moment

[donsu]

http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/15/bush-jmac/


Beyond The Photo-Op: Bush Budget Leaves Autistic Children Behind


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- In his proposed budget for next year, Bush has cut all funding for the National Children’s Study, a project that planned to investigate the causes of autism, asthma, and other serious illnesses.

- The President’s budget will eliminate Medicaid reimbursements for schoolchildren with disabilities, denying them “access to medical services they need to fully participate in school and learn to their greatest abilities.”

- The number of children diagnosed with autism and served by schools under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) increased by more than 500 percent in the last decade, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The President’s FY07 budget, however, will fund IDEA at $6.3 billion below the amount Congress recommended.
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after the photo-op they all turned their backs to the cameras snickering and smirking

[Bob3]

1. well that's par for the course isn't it?

N/T

[leftchick]

2. is that all disablities?

I have a nephew with CP whose mother is a repuke and depends on that money.

[Benhurst]

3. How shameful and evil!

All the money in the world to blow up children in Iraq. Not enough to help our own at home.