Hillary Clinton's concern for the rights of the disabled has bracketed her entire career. ), the most important piece of civil rights legislation for children with disabilities ever passed in this country. Disability advocates and scientists hail her comprehensive initiative as the most detailed policy document on autism in U.S. presidential election history. Disability rights advocate Anastasia Samoza offered a ringing endorsement of Clinton: "In a country where 56 million Americans with disabilities so often feel invisible, Hillary Clinton sees me." Liane Kupferberg Carter is the author of Ketchup Is My Favorite Vegetable: A Family Grows Up With Autism.

Source: Huffington Post November 06, 2016 20:25 UTC