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President Obama Tells The Arc, Disability Community “I’ve Got Your Back”

Monday, February 20th, 2012

Barack Obama, President of the United States, made a surprise visit to a White House Community Leaders Briefing for The Arc. Here is the press release on the event from The Arc: Washington, DC – Today, 150 leaders of The Arc from across the country met with a variety of senior White House officials at [...]

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Combating Autism Reauthorization Act signed by President Obama

Monday, October 3rd, 2011

The commitment to autism research by the people of the United States will continue at a high level. The Combating Autism Act has been reauthorized following the passage of the Combating Autism Reauthorization Act by the legislature and President Obama’s signing it into law. From the White House Blog, this post by Micahel Strautmanis: Every [...]

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Obama’s State of the Union Address 2011

Wednesday, January 26th, 2011

Last night Barack Obama gave the annual “State of the Union” address to the American people. I have to admit, I missed it, so I waited for a transcript to come out. I searched for “autism”. I searched for “disability”. I found nothing. I searched for “education”. There was much on education, but nothing about [...]

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Festivus isn’t over…

Monday, January 3rd, 2011

...until someone pins me. Yes, in my listing of seasonal Holidays I neglected Festivus. (Festivus is a holiday invented by the family of one of the writers of the show Seinfeld and made known through that show). Festivus doesn’t end until the someone pins the host in the “feats of strength”. For the moment I’ll [...]

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