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Re: My son might be infected by autism virus
I beg to differ.
Radio host Michael Savage, back in 2008, went live on the radio explaining exactly what autism is:
Is Savage still on the air? Why yes.
Therefore, he must be correct.
Of course, he didn't touch on the 1% of cases that are caused by something . . . they may be caused by a virus. I think 99% are caused by Dr. Spock and the "self-esteem" movement.
I beg to differ.
Radio host Michael Savage, back in 2008, went live on the radio explaining exactly what autism is:
Michael Savage, the incendiary radio host who last week characterized nearly every child with autism as “a brat who hasn’t been told to cut the act out,” said in a telephone interview on Monday that he stood by his remarks and had no intention of apologizing to those advocates and parents who have called for his firing over the matter.
“My main point remains true,” Mr. Savage, whose radio audience ranks in size behind only those of Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity, said in the interview. “It is an overdiagnosed medical condition. In my readings, there is no definitive medical diagnosis for autism.”
On the July 16 [2008] installment of his program, which is broadcast every weekday, Mr. Savage suggested that “99 percent of the cases” of autism were a result of lax parenting. He told his audience: “They don’t have a father around to tell them, ‘Don’t act like a moron. You’ll get nowhere in life.’ ” Among the other admonitions he felt children with autism should be hearing, he said, were: “ ‘Straighten up. Act like a man. Don’t sit there crying and screaming, idiot.’ ”
“My main point remains true,” Mr. Savage, whose radio audience ranks in size behind only those of Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity, said in the interview. “It is an overdiagnosed medical condition. In my readings, there is no definitive medical diagnosis for autism.”
On the July 16 [2008] installment of his program, which is broadcast every weekday, Mr. Savage suggested that “99 percent of the cases” of autism were a result of lax parenting. He told his audience: “They don’t have a father around to tell them, ‘Don’t act like a moron. You’ll get nowhere in life.’ ” Among the other admonitions he felt children with autism should be hearing, he said, were: “ ‘Straighten up. Act like a man. Don’t sit there crying and screaming, idiot.’ ”
Therefore, he must be correct.
Of course, he didn't touch on the 1% of cases that are caused by something . . . they may be caused by a virus. I think 99% are caused by Dr. Spock and the "self-esteem" movement.
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