Autism Parents: Should They Vote For Hillary Clinton As The Next POTUS?

Americans are usually more concerned of economy, terrorism, climate change and so forth. However, some other problems that perhaps minorities are struggling with are not found in the list such as issues regarding autism.

Liane Kupferberg Carter, an ordinary mom and autism advocate as her son has autism, wrote about her opinion regarding the security of her autistic son along with her grounds for choosing her president. One important question that she needed to answer is who is the best candidate that can protect her son's interests and help him achieve a meaningful place in society in spite of his situation.

The mother with autistic child explicitly suggested that it is not Donald Trump, as her opinion was featured in HuffingtonPost. She has seen how Trump mocks or make fun of vets with PTSD, deaf actress, NYT reporters, or a New York Times reporter with arthrogryposis, Senator Harry Reid's blinding eye injury, and so forth. Trump always has a punch line to make these people and more look like comedy items as the mother expresses to Post.

For a mother like Carter, the situation of her son is not something to joke about. And she is afraid that when Trump sits on the position of the President of the United States (POTUS), there will be less hope for his son's security compared the situation when Clinton gets to lead.

Clinton's concern for the rights of the disabled has been very explicit over the years of her career. And as being a woman, this mother with autistic child also feels that Clinton can easily relate to her struggles.

The first job of Clinton out of law school was to go door to door for the Children's Defense Fund to find out why so many children were missing school. This time, Clinton discovered that kids with disabilities are not admitted in schools.

Due to that realizations, Clinton started pushing forward the special education law that eventually became the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (I.D.E.A.). It was considered one of the most important parts of civil rights legislation for children with disabilities in the history of America.

For autism parents like Carter, Clinton would be the first choice. However, for some, Trump is also a child-lover, as how people see him recently especially during his campaigns. Some say the male presidential hopeful does not have a heart of stone to not feel for the needy at all.