Also that the child is 6 or 7 months old and at this point, probably isn't needing many interventions. If he was school aged... then we'd have something to talk about a little bit more. - JoEllen

I assume that Trig doesn't need any heart surgery, but there is a high incidence of cardiac anomalies in Down's syndrome. - Victor Ganata

"hmmm. I can't seem to get enough of the African-American vote. I can't get much of the Hispanic vote. I'm having trouble with the educated women... well there's still parents of autistic kids... YEAH *snort* that's the ticket!" - JoEllen

@ Melmcb - he said that autism is on the rise - so he's shoring up his voter pool by grasping for the biggest/growing group of parents of special needs children. - JoEllen

I don't think anyone actually thinks this, but just to be clear: Down's syndrome != autism. - Victor Ganata