Michael Savage is the "Moron"
Ok, I'm pretty passionate about the work I do and I totally love the children that I work with. I'm interested in anything newsworthy in autism research and I even keep up with a local message board for teachers/parents of children with autism.
Which is how I came upon this piece of uneducated talk radio. Now I wouldn't classify myself as an "expert" on all things autism, but I've been working with these kids over two years and I can tell you right now that autism is not a fraud. It is a serious, complex disorder that can affect children in a wide range of ways. The disorder always affects language and social interaction.
So are these just a bunch of kids who need to be taught how to behave? Well yeah, sure, you can teach them to behave. Does that mean they aren't ever going to have public meltdowns? No, it doesn't. Does that mean we can make them talk instead of being silent? Not necessarily, but we can give them outlets to communicate even without speech.
The lack of compassion and education in this entire matter is disturbing to me. I hope the ASA hangs him out to rot.
Which is how I came upon this piece of uneducated talk radio. Now I wouldn't classify myself as an "expert" on all things autism, but I've been working with these kids over two years and I can tell you right now that autism is not a fraud. It is a serious, complex disorder that can affect children in a wide range of ways. The disorder always affects language and social interaction.
So are these just a bunch of kids who need to be taught how to behave? Well yeah, sure, you can teach them to behave. Does that mean they aren't ever going to have public meltdowns? No, it doesn't. Does that mean we can make them talk instead of being silent? Not necessarily, but we can give them outlets to communicate even without speech.
The lack of compassion and education in this entire matter is disturbing to me. I hope the ASA hangs him out to rot.
posted by StargazerGirl at 12:12 AM
1 Comments:
Meant to comment on this earlier, after you sent an e-mail about it. Savage lives up to his name. He's an idiot.
His ratings grabs go way beyond autism. He's insulted nearly every ethnicity, culture, gender, etc., that you can imagine. He's an equal opportunity misinformed idiot. I've listened to his show many times -- which is just what he wants -- and I always walk away feeling "dirty." (I've since switched to listening to CNN or my iPod.)
As bad as it sounds, I'm *glad* he's not apologizing or calling it a slip of the tongue. If he admits he knew what he was saying, he's going to be ostracized a lot more than had he claimed ignorance.
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