excelent, myself a a grandmother of a autistic child. my primary concern is the wellbeing of this person and his growth ,psicological and physical. To me autism is an new ilness of our times. and maybe related to enviromental and some nutricional characteristic of our times. We most act as a whole society and help this persons to cope and survive in a complete strange and even hostil enviroment. ana
Ana Moran Jersey City New Jersey
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Gays in the Military
In "A Renewed War Over 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' " (Periscope, Nov. 27), you report that the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network and gay vets hope they might make some progress in Congress at a time when the military "can't afford to turn away the willing and able." The Pentagon discharged 742 service members for homosexuality last year--less than a tenth of 1 percent of the uniformed personnel in the armed forces. More than 90 percent of them "told," since they wanted to receive an honorable discharge. What a scam. Let's hope the new secretary of Defense can bring that 742 down to almost zero. He should implement the option Congress has given all secretaries of Defense since 1994--going back to asking about sexual orientation as part of the enlistment process and keeping gays from joining in the first place. That will return us to the policy before President Bill Clinton, which meant gays had to lie to join the military. Prior to Clinton, barring homosexuals was presidential policy, but thanks to Clinton, it's now federal law.
Cmdr. Wayne L. Johnson
JAGC, Navy (Ret.)
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