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First Autistic Presidential Appointee Speaks Out

3 pointsby mrpixelover 14 years ago

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devmonkover 14 years ago
I'm all for people with cognitive differences helping our government, in fact, I'd be in favor of them running for Congress and Presidential office. I work with someone that I'm fairly sure is mildly autistic and he does a great job.<p>They could help our government (this goes for current and last administration) understand the charts that the Peterson Foundation (a non-politically affiliated group that sponsors NPR) has produced, showing how the out-of-control spending going to hurt us:<p><a href="http://www.pgpf.org/Issues.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.pgpf.org/Issues.aspx</a><p>And while they are at it, maybe they can help the government run more efficiently.