Alright – so, anyone who reads my blog or follows our autism policy advocacy understands that Sen. Hoffman voted against autism therapy being covered by Medicaid and to eliminate the previous MN autism task force. He is by far the pettiest and most useless, elected official I have seen. Sadly, the Somali community only sees his flashy and worthless charm where he says – I like Sambusa, I am going to retire in Africa, and more yuk. He gives two dollar grants to xyz agencies who then tell our community he is good for everyone. That is simply not true.
He is petty to the bone and will try to use his committee chair power to silence those that disagree with his policies. Wait for it though because it gets better. Drum roll ……..more drum please……He managed to train the young and clueless Sen. Fateh. How you ask?
Well, as we all know, Sen. Fateh has refused to address autism in his committee of higher education. He refused to call the University of Minnesota and explain the autism numbers they do (ADDM). He has given autism families the run-around and empty words. Now, just like Sen Petty (Hoffman) he is denying anyone who disagrees with his policies to testify in his committee. I know what now? Yep, that is your vote at work.
Unlike Sen. Petty-Hoffman, Fateh needs the Somali votes who mostly have a child with autism or is related to one. He will come to the community and pretend to care. And we will forget and help him.
He will probably win this year because no one hardly challenges him during the primary. I hope autism families remember how he denied addressing anything autism even though he has the power and oversees all thing’s university and colleges in the state. This means he could have allocated funding for the Univ of MN to do autism research to find out why are the numbers high and what the heck is causing this dream stealing medical disorder.
We need to vote him out.
The above words do not reflect any committee, agency, or candidate.
Idil Abdull – Somali Autism Mom & Retired Advocate