please its just another person who has never had a child with autism.
until they walk in the parents shoes keep the oppinions to yourselves.
--- In cuan-listserve@yahoogroups.com, Brenda Lamb <blamb2000@...>
wrote:
>
> I got this from another list-serve, I did some research, and
apparently these comments were made. I normally wouldn't send along
something like this, but I thought it was important that everybody be
aware. The comments are completely abhorrent.
>
> From: htbenz
> To: autism_insurance_ information@ yahoogroups. com
> Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 9:52 PM
> Subject: [autism_insurance_ information] How to hit Michael Savage in
the wallet
>
> If you are not already aware, the ASD community is under fire again:
>
> "Autism
> On the July 17, 2008 edition of his radio show, Savage labeled autism
> a "fraud" and prescribed tough love for autistic children: "I'll tell
> you what autism is. In 99% of the cases, it's a brat who hasn't been
> told to cut the act out." He went on to say:
>
> "That's what autism is. What do you mean they scream and they're
> silent? They don't have a father around to tell them, `Don't act like
> a moron. You'll get nowhere in life. Stop acting like a putz.
> Straighten up. Act like a man. Don't sit there crying and screaming,
> idiot.'"
>
> Savage concluded,
>
> "[I]f I behaved like a fool, my father called me a fool. And he said
> to me, `Don't behave like a fool.' The worst thing he said â€"
`Don't
> behave like a fool. Don't be anybody's dummy. Don't sound like an
> idiot. Don't act like a girl. Don't cry.' That's what I was raised
> with. That's what you should raise your children with. Stop with the
> sensitivity training. You're turning your son into a girl, and you're
> turning your nation into a nation of losers and beaten men."[50][51]
>
> In response, the Autism Society of America issued a statement
> addressing Savage's remarks: "We are dismayed that these grossly
> inaccurate remarks would be aired in any platform, much less on a
> nationally syndicated show.. We will continue to work with families,
> people with autism and the broader public to raise awareness of
> autism spectrum disorders."
>
> Here is how to hit Michael Savage in the wallet:
>
> To show what a hypocrite the Savage Wiener is, he is hawking a book
> on Natural Cures for such items as ADD, ADHD, Allergies,etc:
>
> https://www. savageonlinestor e.com/productDet ails.jsp? catid=&sku=
855
>
> Gee, if he did his homework, he would know ADD, ADHD,etc are all on
> the autistic spectrum...
>
> If you really want to hurt him in the wallet, don't just boycott his
> sponsors, boycott his kid's energy drink company: Rockstar
>
> http://www.rockstar 69.com
>
> "Savage and his second wife have two children, a daughter and a son;
> his son, Russell, is the founder of the company that produces the
> Rockstar energy drink, where Janet serves as chief financial officer."
>
> http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Michael_Savage_ (commentator)
>
> Feel free to forward onto the entire Autism community.
>
> This investigative reporting was brought to you by:
>
> http://www.firstgiv ing.com/eliasdad
>
> http://spectrumpubl ications. com/index. php/June/ July-2008/
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> Magazine-Category/ a-walk-to- remember. html
>