"From CBS:

Palin: "To the families of special-needs children all across this country, I have a message: For years, you sought to make America a more welcoming place for your sons and daughters. I pledge to you that if we are elected, you will have a friend and advocate in the White House."

Sarah Palin might have changed her mind on this one recently. However, a comment here notes that Palin actually slashed funding for schools for special needs kids by 62%. Budgets: ).FY 2007 (pre-Palin), )2008, 2009 (all pdf)

"The CBS "factchecking" webpage includes other gems, but this one smacks of such hypocrisy that it's worth promoting.

"I guess it's OK to screw over families with special burdens until you give birth to a poster child for special needs children yourself.

And how much does Palin and the Republican Party care about those with special needs, like the deaf?  

This from Political Carnival: "From one of our Commenters:

Obama's speech was close captioned.

Palins' was not. I asked my deaf daughter what she thought about the speech. She said she couldn't get it.

So much for special needs.

"Period. End of sentence."