July 27, 2008

Savage misguidance?

By Doug Powers
Radio talk show host Michael Savage has made some people mad.The previous sentence could be written almost every day, but since the recent controversy hits close to home for my family, I thought I'd throw in my two cents.On a recent broadcast, Savage, whose views I most often agree with, said the following things about autism:"[a] fraud, a racket. ... I'll tell you what autism is. In 99 percent of the cases, it's a brat who hasn't been told to cut the act out. 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.'"Autism groups and many whose lives have been affected by autism in some way called for Savage to be fired.My wife and I have some experience in this area. Our 13-year-old son has been diagnosed with autism -- albeit one of the milder forms. The...(Read Full Article)