Advocate For Autism

[Lawrence Sheen]

I never write about something I viewed on television. Well, rules are
made to be broken. Recently a very exciting thing took place as I
watched a political program. I guess everyone has experienced their
fill of political goings-on the past few weeks and probably are either
very excited or bored with it all. Let me share with you what grabbed
my attention. She related her intention to be an advocate for special
needs children, which certainly includes autism, if she were so
privileged to be elected to the second highest office of the U.S.
Putting politics aside for a moment, I want to talk about something
she mentioned that is very close to my heart. She spoke of the fact
that her newest born baby boy had Down Syndrome. She knew the baby
would need a special home and chose to give birth to the child and to
raise him with love and care. From all appearances, she and her family
certainly are fulfilling that role. Every time a family member was on
camera the little boy was being held and loved. Thinking back, I could
not remember ever seeing a child this age being held on stage by his
mother looking out on thousands of people wildly cheering. It is a
scene that will be burned in my memory for a long time. If this
touches your heart,too, then good for you.
Toward the last of her speech she mentioned how she relates to parents
of special needs children and acknowledged that there are many
families dealing with the challenges involved in rearing these
children. She also mentioned how these families experience problems
and with the problems come challenges and also great joy. Her
commitment to be an advocate in the White House for special needs
children if elected was very special to me. My feeling is that if she
is allowed to fulfill this important duty, even though she will have
many more important duties during her service to the country, this
will be the most important role she could ever fill. Just the fact of
her presence there will be such a comfort to so many as she chose to
walk in their shoes.

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