So, we do know. I'm going to make a statement, I don't know if it's scientifically sound or not, but everyone I've ever talked to says that it is factual that, the earlier you get to a kid with autism, and you provide interventions and analysis, intervention, support, training, the proper kind of activities--that it can lead, later on, to them being more self-sufficient, more independent.
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We need to reform Medicare, probably in the way in which your legislation that you just introduced, Senator Harkin, achieves.
We finally got it together, and the one part that I've worked on is upgrading the rehab act to provide for the kind of training and skills upgrading for people with disabilities when they're young.
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The single largest factor...has been the State abdication of that, State disinvestment.
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