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Palin's record on special needs kids is mixed 		   
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Sarah Palin is frequently seen at campaign stops cradling her infant son Trig, who has Down syndrome. Her decision to give birth to Trig even after learning her fifth child would have the condition has burnished her anti-abortion views with conservatives.

So viewers of Wednesday night's presidential debate might have been somewhat taken aback when John McCain said his running mate understands "what it's like to have an autistic child."

Not directly, perhaps, but Palin does have a teenage nephew with autism.

The McCain-Palin campaign provided few details about her nephew except that his mother is Palin's sister, Heather Bruce.

McCain used that family background during the debate to bolster her credentials. Palin, he said, was "a role model to women, a reformer, understood special needs like autism" and understands special needs families better than "anyone in the country."
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10/20/2008by: shannonj
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