Re: Politically off topic: candidates

[Guest guest]

Hi all,

I just chimed in to say I'm not thrilled with either candidate. I've not been

since the beginning and it hasn't changed. In fact, I " m not really happy

with the nation's lack of interest in the dramatic increase in the occurance

of autism. The media is slowly picking up on what is looking like a potential

epidemic. All that being said, with either candidate, our mission seems

clear...more advocacy, lobbying, activism, impact (and unfortunately, raising

more money for our cause.) at a local, state and federal level. For us this

is hard, because we are all running programs to save our kids lives. So our

time and resources are limited. Yet, this is the methodology of change in our

governmental culture. So we will have to rise to it. No matter who is

elected, we will have to pursue this hard to be heard along with all the

other advocacy voices.

My own story from Texas is this...we fought a battle with our insurance

company for three years, a time in which the company treated us horribly and

broke state laws over and over again with no penalty.Meanwhile, we sold our

home to pay for therapy and made other dramatic changes to keep body and soul

together. In time, we wrote or delt directly with our federal

congressmen, our governor, our federal senators, state senators and

congressmen...on an on. Who did we get help from? ...our Republican Senator

Kay Baily Huthison and a Democrat state congressman Sibly...their

offices both made true inquiries, stayed in touch with us and invested an

interest. Why? The only reason I could figure was that they had a fine office

staff and/or an interest in the issue of insurance justice.

I'll be voting for what I consider the lesser of two, well, not evils but you

know. Either way, we've got our work cut out for us.

By the way, I'm only commenting on this kind of off topic discussion because

the wonderful list owner started it:) all love,kat