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New Administration Puts Autism as a Priority
Posted by Autism Society on 01/23/2009.
On the newly launched Web site of the Obama administration, http://www.whitehouse.gov/, the new president has outlined his disabilities agenda, in which autism is the only condition highlighted specifically. Link directly to agenda: www.whitehouse.gov/agenda/disabilities/
The agenda includes:
- Signing on to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Providing better educational opportunities for Americans with disabilities
- Ending discrimination and promoting equal opportunity
- Increasing the employment rate for workers with disabilities
- Supporting independent, community-based living