Guest guest Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 The following is an email I sent to the NAA upon reading their earlier statement alerting their membership to the fact they are heavily involved in an effort seeking to clarify and understand the exact meaning of language that has been inserted into the CAA. With all due respect to these dedicated and sincere people, you are swimming in tank filled where "sophistry" is considered an art. Remember former President Bill Clinton, under oath, declaring "It all depends on what the meaning of is is" He said it with a straight face too. ------------------------------ ----------------------------- -------------------------------- I am a recent member of the National Autism Organization. I joined specifically because you issued a statement claiming you would resist any changes in the language to the CAA. Unfortunately, I just read your statement on your continuing effort to clarify and improve language of the CAA. I would like to make one thing crystal clear, I will immediately withdraw my membership with this organization and any other that weakens the original language the entire autism community supported. I am not stupid, these changes are not meant to improve the prospects of recovering my damaged grandson. They are intended to improve the likelihood those most responsible for causing his damage will remain unidentified. With all due respect, I am not convinced that your organization has either the political accumen nor the political experience to adequately decipher the language of this suddenly complicated bill. That these changes were withheld until the bill's "mark-up" date is clear evidence those who changed the language did not want either discussion nor investigation of the changes they made. Surely you agree this was not done in the best interests of our damaged children? My grandson is now six years of age. He "regressed" three years ago and our public health bureaucracies have done absolutely nothing to support the independent scientific research desperately seeking that ellusive "environmental trigger" that everyone now acknowledges exists. Therefore, I suggest your organization think long and hard before you support a bill that may eventually prove more problem than solution. You can rest assured I will never forgive those responsible should that prove to be the case. BOB MOFFITT PROUD GRANDPA OF BOBBY MOFFITT, AUTISTIC THREE YEARS AND COUNTING Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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