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...American Bar Association (ABA) taskforce that included Climenko Professor of Law Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. and former Harvard Law professor Kathleen M. Sullivan rebuked President Bush for the scope and number of his signing statements, which give the president the right to disregard provisions of laws he deems unconstitutional...
...ABA convened the twelve-member taskforce after the Boston Globe published an exposé of the practice in April. His report showed that since taking office, Bush has filed over 160 signing statements, challenging the constitutionality of hundreds of statutes...
...demonstrate his point, Whelan posed the hypothetical of a defense appropriations bill providing that “ABA President Michael Greco [be] immediately detained, displayed in public stocks, and subjected to ridicule until he confesses to what a partisan hack...
...were a parent reading the article, I would come away with the idea that ABA is an outdated procedure that is limited to only teaching rote skills. Nothing is mentioned of the many recent research studies that show children with autism learning to be socially indistinguishable from their peers after ABA therapy. ABA has been scientifically proven to be a very effective method in teaching social skills and awareness to all learners, not just autistic individuals. Toby Mountjoy, Associate Director Autism Partnership Hong Kong...
...Your story gave a really helpful overview of the body of research on autism. I was pleasantly surprised to see TIME recognize that studying how mercury in vaccines might affect the body is a legitimate route of inquiry. Your evenhanded comparison of the ABA and Floortime methods was in that same vein. When parents hear a diagnosis of autism, they might assume that their children will never get better. But they do. Martin Bounds Charlotte, North Carolina...