Sarah Palin Speaks About Children With Special Needs
Filed Under (Education) by Scott on 29-10-2008
Tagged Under : Autism, disabilities, Down Syndrome, politics, Special Education, special needs
Gov. Palin spoke last Friday in Pittsburgh about how she proposes to assist families raising children with special needs. She proposed
- School choice for parents and caretakers of children with special needs;
- Portability of federal and state funds to follow the child to private placements;
- Full funding of IDEA (special education).
Some voters in the disability community aren’t persuaded. As Governor of Alaska, she cut funding for special needs education by sixty two percent. For a criticism of Palin’s speech, see this editorial published by commondreams.org. To see a brief excerpt of Gov. Palin’s speech in her own words, watch this video:
