Trig's Promise

I have a child with Down Syndrome. We have never hidden him or. . We include him in ALL we do. Shame on people who feel that Sara should not have included him.
I am very happy that she did and proud. Good for her and good for baby Trig. Hooray!!!

If Sarah Palin is AGAINST being "politically correct." why does she refer to her child as "special needs?" Is that being politically correct, or a sensitive way of dealing with someone who may be different from us? This is so much a case of what is sauce for the goose should be sauce for the gander.

I see a more immediate cause for worry about how well Palin will support services for handicapped children. It is not picking over her family's personal lives to notice that there has been no sign that her baby is getting the intensive physical therapy and stimulation that all Downs syndrome babies need for their brains to develop and to have a hope of leading productive lives. Perhaps her Neanderthal, small town mindset just is not able to grasp the value and critical importance of doing so. If she isn't even providing her own child with the care that it needs, she isn't going to appreciate why she should provide it to anyone else, especially as philosophically opposed to publicly funded services as she is.

Why is it that the Repubs only become advocates when THEY are affected by an illness, injury, or death??? If they are not personally affected, you are on your own!!!

I wonder at the wisdom of having a special needs young baby on the floor and podium of the republican convention. It seems to me that this was merely pandering and did not have the child's interest at heart. I personally would not take a very young special needs baby into such an environment for a relatively extended period of time.

I would suggest to everyone reading each Candidates's plan for Americans with disabilities. I havee posted a link to Barack's plan here. http://www.barackobama.com/issues/disabilities/
I also tried to post a link for McCain's plan, but I could not find any plan on his website under "Issues." There is a statement from a disabled American, but I did not see a plan. I have a autistic son, and a brother and sister who are level 5 mentally challenged so trust me, this is a HUGE issue for me. Having a child with DS does not an advocate make. Please do your research!

When she says a "friend" what exactly does she mean? Gov. Sarah "The Reformer" Palin hates bloated and useless federally funded programs that might help anyone in need. She is nothing more than the worst kind of opportunist. One that will use her child to get sympathy and more importantly votes. Do not get suckered in. She won't do a damn thing to help and what's worse, will probably work to get the existing programs eliminated.

She used her baby to play the "special needs" card. Who's the real McShame?

I support Sarah Palin wholeheartedly. She is a real person and more in touch with real life than any candidate I can recall. No matter what she does in terms of her son she will be critisised. If she didn't bring him on stage, she would be accused of hiding him. I f she brings him on stage and holds him like any mother would with a 'typical child" she is accused of exploiting her child that has Down Syndrome. Trig has 2 parents. I'm sure Sarah's husband will also ensure Trig receives the therapy he needs, or is that only a WOMAN'S responsibility? Some of the views expressed here appear to be from the dark ages!!! I have a son that is 25 years old who has Down Syndrome. He saw baby Trig and heard that he had Down Syndrome. He proudly commented that Trig has Down Syndorme like me. Disabled Americans receive the greatest amount of discrimination.

Ha! When she says. "friend" what exactly does she mean? The kind of friend that will get more federal money to fund programs for special needs kids? This is exactly the type of "wasteful" government spending that Sarah "The Reformer" is going to Washington to eliminate. They should call her Sarah "The Opportunist." And she is the worst kind. So far she has held up her pregnant daughter to underscore her commitment to "Life," now she is holding up her son to get sympathy from Special Needs parents. DO NOT GET SUCKERED IN! She will do nothing to help you and will probably work to get existing programs cut.

Warning: she slashed special ed in Alaska! Is that helping?????????

I have two daughters with Autism and I know two years ago I intensely lobbied Congress to pass the Autism Spectrum Bill which had Republican support but very little Democrat support and it was one of the last things passed before the Democratic controlled Congress took over who had threatened to shelve it or scuttle it and/or vastly reduce it. The Democrats seem to be more inclined to cure Aids than help disabled children. At the very least we would have a Vice President who is aware of how hard parents of disabled children have it and just that is a start which is twice as much as the Democratic ticket is acknowledging. Many of the Democrats want to repeal the No Child Left Behind Act and replace it with nothing, my daughters have benefitted enormously from this act and I wonder without this where would they be? Most likely shoved in an isolated room with no hope.

I am the mother of a special needs child. He was also premature. I didn't jump on a plane to Canada when my amniotic fluid started leaking (although I had tickets) because I knew something wasn't right. I just can't vote for Palin. How can she put herself and her Down Syndrome premature infant at such risk? Any woman knows that (assuming she was pregnant) at 44 any pregnancy would be high risk

How could any mother put her 17 year old daughter in such a position? Palin had to know what was going to happen. And why does she think if they happy couple get married everything will be A OK? How does her family feel about DIVORCE and single motherhood at 19?

I think she needs to get her house in order before she even thinks about persuing her political career. Think about her children before her ambitions. She has no idea what to expect raising a special needs child. I realize her husband will do most of the raising but...