Comments on: Vote at Change.org!

By: donald savitz

donald savitz — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 03:17:58 +0000

I should have said that the ARSNIC comes from the free dental health care the US goverment gives you. After drinking arsnic for 25 to 30 years is any wounder that so many men may need that little blue pill,witch may be the cause for autism as how do we know what effect the arsnic has on those little swimers in older men. Sence they say that is when there seems to be when the probem seems to acur.

By: donald savitz

donald savitz — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:09:33 +0000

My idea for change is to take the poison[ARSNIC]out of the water systems that 70% of the amercains drink every day, as this may for an healther america. That is something that ever one should write about there congressman ,EPA ,fda or the CDC to see if this may not be a good idea.

By: Kristina Chew, PhD

Kristina Chew, PhD — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 02:36:07 +0000

@FXSmom, I gather that the top ideas will be promoted in some fashion, so that more people would know about them—-I guess it seems quite idealistic, but there’s always hope of just getting out the word in whatever way possible…..

By: FXSmom

FXSmom — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:01:03 +0000

I saw this and even though I think it is a great idea I didn’t really see the point. It made me wonder if these things would somehow be made to happen and how that would come into being. Ya know?

By: G. Broaddus

G. Broaddus — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:35:23 +0000

Thanks for posting about this, Kristina – I’m really encouraged that this is being done to bring out important issues.

I’m a little discouraged, though, that the Autism Reform Act idea is the most popular idea in education: Although I think educational reform to benefit children with ASD is crucial, there is a bigger issue for me (No Child Left Behind). Yes, I want reform for my son so that we don’t have to fight with districts later on down the road, but as an educator myself, I see NCLB as a bigger hurdle that needs to be overcome for all students, at which point we can focus on our special needs population. NCLB affects them, too, since it impacts the ability of school districts to provide the quality services that children with special needs really, well, need – and more importantly, deserve. I would like to see the NCLB idea jump from #5 to education (its current status as of this post) to a much higher position.