AutismLink: Palin to deliver policy address on special needs children

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AutismLink wrote: Brought to you by AutismLink Dear Subscribers:AutismLink received a call from the McCain/Palin campaign this week for this invitation-only event where Gov. Palin will apparently be making a major policy announcement regarding special needs children tomorrow in Pittsburgh. AutismLink is the only autism organization that was invited to this event, and we are bringing about 60 (or so) autism parents and family members. We have the video camera fired up and ready to bring you the news....if the secret service allows.Wish us luck, Waeltermann, PresidentRick , Executive DirectorPalin to ! deliver policy address on special needs children Thursday, October 23, 2008 By Dennis Roddy, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Republican vice presidential nominee Palin will deliver her first policy address at a 9 a.m. gathering tomorrow -- addressing the issue of special needs children. Ms. Palin, the Alaska governor who recently gave birth to a son with Down Syndrome, will give the address at the Airport Marriott before an invited crowd of 350, campaign aides said. Trig Palin, the governor's six-month-old son, accompanied her as her campaign airplane landed at Pittsburgh International Airport today. She was also accompanied by her 7-year-old daughter, Piper. Campaign staff declined to offer any details of the speech or what policies Ms. Palin would announce. She came to Pittsburgh today for a victory rally, set for tonight, at Beaver Area High School. The visit -- Ms. Palin's third to the area since she became the nominee -- comes as one poll shows the

McCain-Palin ticket tightening the lead of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama. It also comes at a time Pittsburgh police reported they are dealing with a bizarre attack reported by a McCain volunteer, who said she was mugged and a "B" cut into her face. Police said the victim, a 20-year-old woman from Texas, said she was attacked in one of the city's eastern neighborhoods but that she did not seek medical attention. A local delegation greeted Ms. Palin when her plane touched down shortly after 4 p.m. at Atlantic Aviation at the Pittsburgh International Airport. They briefly chatted with the governor and her daughter, but were not available for comment. A staff press aide identified the group as Rinchiuso, of Renfew, Carlyn and Hanna Kimmerling, of City; Bill LeBianc, of Darlington; Marty s, of Beaver; Carpenter, of Beaver Falls; and Diane Boffo, of Rochester. First

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