AUTISTIC MEETS BUSH

ALRIGHT I AM A MOM OF AN AUTISTIC TEEN AND I AM ALWAYS THANKFUL WHEN  THE MEDIA GIVES THIS DISABILITY  SOME PRESS -  HELPING THE GENERAL PUBLIC GET MORE INFO ABOUT IT AND LEARN ACCEPTANCE.

ADITIONALLY I AM THRILLED FOR THIS YOUNG MAN WHO NOT ONLY GOT TO "STRUT HIS STUFF'" AND BE  APART OF A TYPICAL ACTIVITY  THAT WE AS PARENTS ALWAYS DREAM ABOUT BUT TO MEET THE PRESIDENT  HOW WONDERFUL

BUT  I CANT HELP BUT BE PISSED OFF AT THE FACT THAT THAT CHILD WAS PROBABLY USED MORE FOR A PHOTO OPT FOR THE PRESIDENT THAN ANYTHING ELSE.

I DONT PRETEND TO BE TOTALLY VERSED IN ALL THE POLITICS OF FUNDING  PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOR AUTISM AS WELL AS ALL OTHER DISABILITIES BUT AS A GENERAL BLANKET STATEMENT I CAN SAY THEAT THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS DONE MORE TO SLASH FUNDING AND ELIMINATE PROGRAMS THAN HELP THEM. THE RUB IS THAT THIS IS INCLUSIVE OF EVEN THOSE WHO COME BACK FROM THAT FIASCO WE CALL A WAR  WHO ARE NOW PHYSICALLY IMPAIRED . IF MR BUSH HAD SUCH COMPASSION  HE WOULD BE SPENDING HIS LAST DAYS IN OFFICE WORKING TOWARDS HELPING ALL OF THOSE WHO ARE UNABLE TO HELP THEMSELVES  RATHER THAN SCRAMBLING AROUND TRYING TO  FIGURE OUT HOW TO FUND MORE FIGHTIG AND COVERUP ALL THE BLUNDERS HAPPENING IN THE WHITE HOUSE.

I TRY NOT TO MIX MY POLITICAL VIEWS WITH THE STRUGGLE OF A PARENT WHO HAS A DISABLED CHILD  BUT THAT HAPPEN TO BE  INTERTWINED MORE THAN I CARE TO ACKNOWLEDGE.

MY ONY HOPE IS THAT SOMEHOW THIS AUTISTIC BASKETBALL HERO CAN TEACH OUR PRESIDENT A FEW LESSONS JUST AS HE DID FOR MOST OF HIS SCHOOL  AND THE MEDIA . ALL ANY OF OUR KIDS ARE ASKING FOR IS A CHANCE TO BE ACCEPTED OR AT LEAST TOLERATED IN  A COMMUNITY SETTING . TO MANY RUSH TO JUDGEMENT ON WHAT OUT KIDS CAN OR CANT DO--WHY NOT GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY  AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS???