Obama Budget Seeks Boost

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http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2010/02/01/2011-budget/6810/

Obama Budget Seeks Boost For Special Education, Autism

By Diament

February 1, 2010

Funding for special education, autism research and other programs aimed at

Americans with disabilities is nestled within the $3.8 trillion budget proposed

Monday by President Barack Obama.

Here’s a look at the president’s proposed spending on programs serving

people with developmental disabilities:

Autism Research: $222 million to study the genetic and environmental factors

leading to autism and examine how autism affects the brain. This money will also

fund clinical trials of drugs and behavioral therapies designed to treat the

disorder.

AND How much of that $222 Mill will continue to go toward proving that vaccines

DON'T cause autism? And of course they want to discover which drug their bodies

are lacking that causes their autism.

 Autism is caused by a lack of pharma stuff in the body?

Special Education: $250 million boost for special education, bringing federal

grants to the states up to $11.755 billion.

Vocational Rehabilitation: $60 million to help people with disabilities and

other adults needing basic skills.

Community Living: $103 million for a caregiver initiative designed to assist

caregivers of people with disabilities and aging individuals while keeping

people living in the community for as long as possible.

Medicaid: $25.5 billion to extend a temporary increase in federal matching funds

to the states for another six months. The increase was initially created under

the stimulus bill.

Housing: Just $90 million is proposed in housing assistance for people with

disabilities, a sharp drop from the $300 million expected this year.

The spending on disability-related programs comes amid a 2011 budget proposal

marked by talk of tamping down the country’s growing deficit, while Washington

wonks work to spur economic growth and job creation. The budget proposal

includes a three-year spending freeze on many government programs, not including

areas like Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare and defense.

“We simply cannot continue to spend as if deficits don’t have consequences,

as if waste doesn’t matter,†Obama said.

Congress will consider the president’s budget proposal and likely modify it

before it goes into effect. The 2011 fiscal year begins in October.

 

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