Did John McCain confuse autism with Down syndrome?
October 16th, 2008Los Angeles Times blogger Elizabeth Snead thinks McCain wasn’t mixed up in his comments during the debate last night. He just failed to point out that Sarah Palin has a family history of autism. An excerpt:
Palin doesn’t have an autistic child. Her youngest son has Down syndrome.
OMG! Does McCain not know the difference? Gotcha!
No, no he’s not senile. He just didn’t clarify that Sarah’s older sister, Heather, has an autistic son, age 13.
Also, two of her cousins in her extended family have children with autism/Asperger’s.
Earlier post here.
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