Trig Palin: Autism or Down's Syndrome?

[Blaq Dem]

Why did McCain kept saying Sarah Palin's son had autism? I thought he had Down's Syndrome. Down Syndrome can be diagnosed prenatally. Autism can't. Did anyone else notice this?

[justiceischeap]

1. Her nephew is autistic. (eom)

[Sydnie]

7. But who knows that? I didn't and I like to think I am fairly informed

His own people (supporters) I would bet don't know it. It just makes him look batty!

[justiceischeap]

20. I didn't know until I wiki answer'ed it. (eom)

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

9. McShame was not talking about her nephew.

[Maru Kitteh]

25. And you know that how?

I can't fault anyone who spends valuable and limited airtime with millions of viewers promoting special needs awareness with a special inclusion of Autism just because there is a (D) or and (R) behind their name.

If a cure for autism is found, I don't care if it is borne of the Heritage Foundation or MoveOn.org.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

26. Because he said her child. That's how. And she hasn 't done anything that I've heard in

regard to autism or for children with down syndrome. She did cuts in funding for the special olympics.

[Blaq Dem]

11. McCain was referring to Palin's son though

...I'll have to watch the debates again.

[Eurobabe]

27. That's the impression I got

McShitstain can't keep things straight. Clearly he was referring to Trigonometry.

[yasmina27]

12. hmmm

I didn't know that.

From what I heard, he was referring to her son.

What a pathetic piece of crap!

[LynneSin]

2. Yep

Trig has Downs and oh, Palin cut funding for special needs kids

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

6. I started a thread about this earlier. I was very pissed that Obama complimented her

on her work for special needs kids. What work except for giving birth to one?

[aquamarina]

3. The child has downs syndrome.

[Honeycombe8]

4. Her son has Down's. nt

[mscuedawg]

5. Noticed the second time...more than the first...he's so in love w/her family, doesnt know squat

about them

[jillan]

8. This mom of a special needs child didn't appreciate Mcgrumps using special kids to make political

points.

[maddezmom]

13. count me as another mom

of an autistic son(who by the way just turned 7 today :D)....didn't like it either. :hi:

[Kajsa]

18. Count me in, too!

My son, 24, is autistic.

If he didn't know the difference, he shouldn't be discussing
SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN!

Like Maxine Waters( love her) said on Bill Maher's
last week,

" If you don't know what it means then you shouldn't be talking about it!"

You tell em, Maxine!

:)

[maddezmom]

23. She's a smart woman

I love her as well. :hug:

[Kajsa]

24. Hi Maddezmom!

she sure is. :)

:hug:

[Mariana]

10. Who cares. They're all the same.

:sarcasm:

[LisaL]

14. He's got Downs.

A genetic disease. Autism is something completely different, and it's not even clear what causes it.

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

15. It's genetic too, but it works in a completely different way

I am DX'd Asperger's and have researched the living bejeebus out of this since I got my DX. :hi:

[rainbow4321]

17. Keep in mind Palin is the one who told us the diagnosis

Knowing what we know NOW about this woman..do we even trust that she told the truth about the diagnosis??

I'm still in the "it's really Bristol's fetal alcohol syndrome baby" column.

[KoKo]

16. Sarah might be confused about that child she carries around in bright lights...she might think

he has autism..instead of Downs Syndrome...or she figured McCain wouldn't know difference, or her Repug handlers told Mz Moosehunter that "Autism" plays better than "Downs" because there are so many more kids with Autism in America..

Whichever it was dreadful that McGrump kept repeating "Autism."

[FM Arouet666]

19. McCain has no idea what he is talking about.

Autism, Down's, it is all the same to him, the kid just aint right. :sarcasm:

This just goes to show how little he knows about his running mate. Out of touch as usual..

McStupid should be a special needs diagnosis.

[Claire Beth]

21. McCain thinks it is all the same....doesn't have a clue n/t

[stillcool]

22. I don't know but that baby..

makes her qualified to be President!