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From ABC:
Parents hit the streets protesting a radio show hosts comments about autistic children. Conservative talk show host Michael Savage called them everything from "brats" to "idiots" and "morons." As you can imagine, parents of autistic children are furious and want Savage pulled off the air.
Some parents held a news conference Monday outside WOR, the New York radio station that carries Savage's San Francisco-based talk show. Last week Savage said "99 percent" of autism cases involve "a brat who hasn' t been told to cut the act out."
On Monday he said autism is being overused as a diagnosis. John Gilmore, executive director of Autism United and father of a nonverbal 8-year-old boy, said Savage "needs to get another job." A spokesman for the station says Savage's views are his own.
This is so disturbing. I almost hate to post it because he is obviously being a shock jock and just trying to get attention. This is a bad way to do that!
-NewsAnchorMom Jen
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