Comments on: Jason Rose Can Best Serve the Special Needs Community By Staying Far, Far Away

By: Cheryl Fisher

Cheryl Fisher — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:48:51 +0000

As always, you can speak well for so many of us. Thank you!

By: Jan

Jan — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 08:38:55 +0000

You put it very well. At best it was a thoughtless remark, the kind – as you say – many people make every day. At worst… well he’s reaping his just reward. Life has a habit of swinging backwards as well as forwards, rather like political cycles.

By: Maureen

Maureen — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 03:33:04 +0000

I didn’t buy any of his explanations. He ducked and covered when we first asked him about the tweets over the weekend deleting the tweet rather than responding. And to say that he meant the opposite of what he said?!

I hope that folks do learn that the intent behind Special Olympic’s Stop the R-word campaign is not to encourage people to substitute SpEd or any other equally abhorrent word for the R-word, but rather to encourage folks to see people with disabilities as full members of our society.

By: Donna Gratehouse

Donna Gratehouse — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 01:44:10 +0000

Exactly what I’ve been wondering: What was Special Olympics thinking? You hire a mean person don’t be surprised when acts mean. I’m glad they realized their mistake.

By: John Little

John Little — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 01:31:33 +0000

Spoken from your heart as he has tweeted from his….His next big client is Jim Lane…..nuff said.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:54:21 +0000

What an asshole.

By: Sharon

Sharon — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:35:32 +0000

Perfect response to a stupid remark whether he was being flippant or not. See, people are not stupid but sometimes what they say is. And this time, he hit the mark! Twitter can be a dangerous place.

By: Debbie Frazelle

Debbie Frazelle — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:00:11 +0000

Love this….You go girl!

By: Sarah Cowgill

Sarah Cowgill — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:30:01 +0000

As a one time equestrian coach for Az Special Olympics, I applaud your blog. As a long time acquaintance of Jason….well… hard to believe he would write anything that would negatively affect his client. As always, good to see someone called on the carpet for their actions.

By: AmyV

AmyV — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:49:59 +0000

Beautiful.