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Developmental-disabilities committee choice of Elon Musk draws community concern; committee defends focus on disability accomplishments
Summary
Members of the district’s developmental-disabilities committee and parents clashed over the committee’s choice of public figures to highlight during Disability Awareness Month, including a decision to list Elon Musk as an example for Asperger’s/autism.
Members of the district’s developmental-disabilities committee and parents clashed over the committee’s choice of public figures to highlight during Disability Awareness Month, including at least one committee member’s decision to list Elon Musk as an example for a person with Asperger’s/autism.
Miss Napolitano Furno, speaking during committee reports, said the group chose several well-known people to show how disabilities can become strengths and that the vote was “almost unanimous”…
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