October 15th, 2008, 6:45 pm · 2 Comments · posted by sammiller
“She understands that autism is on the rise.”
– John McCain, in Wednesday night’s Presidential debate, on Sarah Palin.
“I do want to point out that autism … will require some additional funding if we’re going to get serious on research.”
– Barack Obama, in response.
[Update: Does John McCain think autism and Down syndrome are the same thing? A lot of bloggers think so. I give him the benefit of the doubt and assume he meant Palin understands autism because a) her child has special needs (Down syndrome) and b) her sister has an autistic child.]
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Her sister has a child with autism.
[...] last night’s presidential debate, a post on a blog called Inside Autism wondered, “Does John McCain think autism and Down syndrome are the same thing? A lot of [...]