My Vote Counts!

Regardless of whether you have a disability, you will have new rights and responsibilities when you enter adulthood. All 18 - year - old citizens have legal voting rights including voting rights for the autism spectrum. In many states there are restrictions on people who are disqualified from voting due to custody, mental health, or disability. Indiana is a state without state laws that affect the voting rights of persons with disabilities.

Interestingly, in 2012, about 3 million people registered in the country, but in fact they did not vote. When you think that the last two presidential elections were decided in less than 5 million votes, what is the difference in their state or the general election result in the US if their votes are counted together? Finally, it is optional to choose to vote and it is optional to choose not to vote.

For many families with ASD young adults, the problem is, "Is my son / daughter ready to evict voting rights, how can we guide you to fulfill this responsibility?" problem:

If they are not interested in voting, please discuss them with the process as you know they understand the voting rights.

The Indiana Governor's Disability Committee has created a document entitled "India's Voting - Guidelines for Disabled Indians' Vote." This document can be downloaded from the following website. http://www.in.gov/gpcpd/2519.htm

If you can not find out if the information about you is wrong (for example, your address has not been updated when you recently moved, your name is not on the list, etc.), troubleshooting method

Page 48 - Let's find someone you can vote for, including visual / memory aid that you brought on the day of voting.

It is important to encourage young people of ASD to vote. Without their vote, who will represent the autistic community and insist on their rights and needs in the future? If they do not vote as young adults and later become parents, who is the example of the importance of voting for children? For young people it is important that they vote, as the decision of today's lawmakers will have a long-term impact on the quality of their lives and the opportunities available. Employment, the environment, education, health and other related issues will affect the lives of autistic people over the coming years. If a young adult is about to vote, now is the time to comment.

GCPD Publications (2015) Voting in Indiana State: Guide to vote for disabled Indians. Indiana Governor's Disability Council from http://www.in.gov/gpcpd/2519.htm

Perland, A (2015) Candidate disabled voting guide in 2016. every day. From http://www.dailydot.com/politics/disability-voters-2016-election/

Hopf, R. & Rofland, K. My vote is very important! Reporter, 20 (21). Acquired from https://www.iidc.indiana.edu/pages/my-vote-counts

So I will finish when I started, can my vote really count? If so, why do not you think this is important? Why is it so difficult to find information on the politician's position on issues affecting my problem? If there is a problem with my vote, why can not all voters with disabilities vote independently? If my vote is important, why does the candidate not tell my name in commercials? Would you like to vote? I do not know. Can I count my votes? I know that few people with disabilities are, but we are really important and we are here to tell you that it is really important. I think more politicians need to start talking about the rights of people with disabilities and how we can make the world more acceptable. So how do politicians try to help people with disabilities when they do not tell their names in commercials?

In my life, I was told that my vote is important, and my voting weighted nature seems to be an urgent and relevant matter. Well, in my own investigation, I learned that my vote is very important. That is far less than what I was told, "equality". I think that most of American voters want to know. Once they do so, I do not think they will represent such institutions. Because most of the least populated countries in our country are red, we can imagine that the weighted nature of the Democratic votes living in Blue State is particularly irritated. In other words, Republican elections in low-population states are the same as Democratic votes in densely populated states.