Barbara Mikulski actually said...

"I was struck by the mother's remark, 'It is as difficult for me to provide the supports that my son needs as it would be had he had a significant learning difficulty.'"

"I think we also focus considerable resources, perhaps not as many as we should--but there's a lot of attention and discussion on kids who have disabilities."

"I've either been misled, misrepresented, had to pull information out--often at the most minimal kind of way."

"I consider this one of the greatest threats and one of the greatest vulnerabilities, because we failed to pass the legislation ourselves."