Advocate For Autism

I guess everyone has watched the political goings-on the past few weeks and probably either are very excited or bored with it all.



Well, I am in the excited category, because as I watched Thursday evening to the speech given by Governor Sarah Palin, the candidate for vice president. She covered many subjects that convinced me that she has just the mind set and energy needed to fix our country. Yes, many things in our country are broken and in need of repair. In my opinion, she " hit it out of the park". Many have commented that they have not heard such a dynamic speech in many years.



Putting politics aside for a moment, I want to talk about something she mentioned that is very close to my heart. As you may all know, she has a small baby who is a special needs child. She knew the baby would need a special home and chose to give birth to the child and to raise it with love and care. From all appearances, she and her family certainly are fulfilling that role. Everytime the family was shown on camera, another family member was holding the little boy and loving on him. I don't know many children his age that were held in the arms of their mother on stage looking out on thousands of people wildly cheering her on. It is a scene I shall not soon forget.



Long toward the last of her speech, she mentioned that she has a special needs child and that there are many in the world who are dealing with the challenges in raising these children. I can't quote her verbatim, but she put it like this: Many families experience problems and with the problems comes challenges and joy. She made a commitment to the families of all special needs children that if she were elected, there would be an advocate in the White House for these special children. If she is elected our Vice President, she will fulfill many important duties and make many decisions, but she will never fulfill a more important role during her term. Just the fact that she is there will comfort so many, but I feel she will accomplish much more than that.



Let us hope that Sarah will become an advocate for all families everywhere, but especially for the families with special needs children.



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Meredith