Public Hysteria about Autism

[erithianopius]

During the presidential campaign, I followed all of the presidential debates, the vice-presidential debate, and a lot of speeches by not only Obama and McCain but others who supported one candidate or the other. I couldn't help but notice just how much autism came up, always in a negative context. It even got more mention than gay marriage and

Comments

[jehannamama]

Yeah tho McCain confuses Autism with Down's Syndrome. Still, it's considered something that is newsworthy with so many people making various stands on it.

Obama is much more supportive. I mean, Palin even halved the Special Olympics monies in her state.