special needs

Two weeks after sending the Special Olympics a video message about her son Trig, who was born with Down Syndrome, Gov. Sarah Palin (R-Alaska) has attacked President Obama for the joke he made last night about his low bowling scores on “Late Night with Jay Leno.”
I was shocked to learn of the comment made by [...]

On the campaign trail with Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, TWI’s Laura McGann explains the underlying motive behind the GOP vice presidential nominee’s strong support for special-needs children: a coded push against abortion.
Laura traces Palin’s history of opposition to abortion and ties it to what has become one of her central messages on the stump: her [...]