Radio Host said..."A child with autism is a brat"...

Well just another media type not doing the required research. It amazes me the things rhat get into print or travel thru any media outlet that is NOT backed up by fact. And the internet is even worse. I got this email how the UK was taking the Holocaust out of History books because it offended some people.NOT TRUE, but did the people who forwarded it check? Now the first thing comes to mind is who thinks up this stuff? And the misinformation just keeps coming. This man should lose his job.

howard, how stupid and ignorant can this man savage be, and he is named aptly. I would love to kick him in his keaster if I could. what a disservice he is doing to the parents of autistic' children and to the children themselves.as if they do not have a hard enough row to hoe without idiots like him blatting that'drap on the air for others to pick up on and give autistic kids a hard time.they should fire the man for what he has done.

I've never heard of Michael Savage before this incident but heard about this on the news last night..I remember the loud mouthed remarks that other radio host did some time ago..Imus and he got fired...but now he's back on the air again. There is no call for such a remark by anyone and I can only imagine the outrage parents feel toward him who do have children with autism...Hope they get the jerk fired..and THIS time to never return to be a radio host ever again. I've been trying to hear of updates about this, and he hasn't even said he's sorry or feel any remorse for his words.

OMG.. This is HORRIBLE! And I thought I couldn't be more outraged after Rush Limbaugh made fun of Micheal J. Fox and his parkinson's disease. I am just in disbelief. People like this should be off air! I believe in freedom of speech, but this kind of thing totally crosses the line! I can't believe anyone can be so heartless as to make fun of or talk so badly about people who have illnesses, especially considering that Autism is something people are born with! I hope this dude gets the plug pulled out so fast he doesn't see it coming!

How sad for an adult to do such a thing. I think he should be fired and if not then all his sponsors need to pull out. From the way he sounds he does sound like some other well known raido hosts around. What jerks, they need to get educated.

Clearly they will let "Just Anyone" on the Airwaves these days. My brother should have a nice long talk with this Jerk. As far as no father around that is a huge bunch of bull. Not all families are Just the mom raising kids. My brother has a son that Has Autism, and you will never find a more dedicated Father on this planet. Clearly you do not have to know what your talking about to be on the Airwaves these days. My nephew is not faking and just wanting to misbehave. He trys extra hard at everything that he does. He is a very sweet person. The best part of it all, is My BROTHER AND HIS WIFE ADOPTED HIM KNOWING THAT HE HAD AUTISM.

What an uneducated person he is. He has no clue about such things obviously. While people who do have autism can be bratty especially if kids. I know I have friends who have such a son and for awhile he was very bratty but he was a lot littler then too and so not much brattier than kids who are normal. He is getting help and learning to finally talk at age 10. He is really a very nice little boy most the time and very loving. He is the second child I have known with Autism we had a pastor had an autistic child once. This guy obviously likes to bully people and was probably a school bully. He better be careful God might bless him with an Autistic child. Then he will sing another tune.

Well, I'll probably get slammed for this, but I was just talking with some friends the other day about this exact same thing. My friend's sons have ADHD and ADD, they were medicated during school to help everyone else deal with it. We know these conditions exist and can be very hard on the individuals and the families. BUT, we also know that there are MANY cases of "brats" being diagnosed with the latest catch-phrase. When my kids were growing up, my husband wanted my youngest tested for ADD because he liked to talk during class and he had poor grades. I didn't think that was the problem and after talking to the teacher and the doctor they agreed that he was most likely NOT a candidate for ADD. He just needed to learn to stop talking when the teacher was talking and to do his work. We worked on that and he was ok. My son crocheted the doctor said that there's almost no way he'd be able to sit down for 3 and 4 hours at a time and make these mini-stockings if he was ADD or ADHD. But, people are so easy to place that label on any kind of problem child. If you notice, not many kids are diagnosed as ADD or ADHD any more, it's all autism. I think if we look back in history we'll see that there are phases that the medical profession goes through in diagnosis that are trendy. I actually think that all these diagnosis are taking away from helping the actual cases of autism - and even ADD and ADHD when that was popular.

That is awful for him to say such things about kids that have this. I have a friend her son has it. He's pretty much a good kid for the most part. he just has his little spells from time to time. This man should be taken off the air for saying such things about childern. it's not like they can help it or anything.

Hello Howard. I can't tell you how much I despise Michael Savage. I get a chance to hear his radio show and I can't believe that there are people supporting this idiot. I remember when he was on MSNBC. Suggesting a caller he labeled a sodomite should die of AIDS led to Michael Savage's dismissal as an MSNBC talk show host. Now he's at it again. There is absolutely no place for Michael Savage on the public airways of the United States. I just hope that all the parents of children with autism just realize that Michael Savage is nothing more than a ignorant right wing zealot. We need more research into autism and find what is causing the spike in cases here in the United States and throughout the world. Lloyd

Hi howard, I am answering through notification, so I will be able to read the detailed of this report after posting but, I am just about how this man feel about a child with autism... I agree with you, he don't deserve to have a program and I can't believed anyone people can think as disgusting thought as this towards those child!

he apologized but still shame on him!!!maybe he did that too in his family.

Hi howard, I will be amazed by the ignorance of people. "Shame on him" is right.

Such an insensitive human being! He should not be allowed to talk on-air, lest he'll cost more stress and pains to parents of these kid. I have friend who has autistic children. Clearly, this person (if he is really a person) doesn't what he's talking about. Shame on the radio station for allowing such a person to have a program with them.

Wow!! This is totally uncalled for. Personally, I cannot believe someone who is a Talk Show Host would ever say something like this, and I feel should be ashamed, and be held liable for his statement on the air as well. How can he judge something like this and say something like this without any proof? Where does he even begin to get his facts from either? This to me, is a little Crazy indeed.

This guy is an idiot and has no clue obviously. I know a few children with Autism and Im sorry they really do have something wrong and the ones that I know are quite behaved. My best friends son is Autistic and in no way is a brat. I know that some think he is rude as he is standoffish at points and he seems to know who he likes and doesnt. If he doesnt know you and you try to talk to him yes you might think he is rude but he really just doesnt like new people in his space. He is very well behaved thou and all she has to say is be nice and he will stop and just try to stay by his moms side. Just reading that again makes me want to tell him he is such an idiot and maybe he should start researching before making a statement like that. Yes we all have our own opinions but this is just ignorant. I do hope that he gets fired.

Michael Savage is an ignorant person and should not be saying those things about autistic children. He doesn't know what he is talking about. People like that make me wonder if they ever read or have they ever had any disabled people in their family.

Actually I did hear the show when the comments were made. He was compltely wrong to make the comments especially without considering what autism is for people and families. It was hurtful and he's taken damage from it. I do not think he should be fired (or in a few people's cases hurt or killed) for what he said. Same as people on the news-BS media, and here on the lot; they say some rather baffling things, but I would not want them silenced (and again in some people's opinion, harmed/killed) either. During the programs in question Savage was trying to address fake cases and other professionals rapidly bringing out a checklist to evaluate children. For me, it brought up some bad memories, some rough times and a few dark chapters from my past. Yes people, there are some parents, "teachers", "counselors", "daycare specialists", "doctors", etc that do this. The only reason it happened to me was not because these people cared, that's empty semantics; it happened to me because I didn't fit their perceived definition of perfect All-American Child™. Hmph. Well long story short, my parents and I were right, the supposed caring "professionals" were completely wrong. I'd hate to imagine what would have happened had the fools gotten their way. Another thing I came across with my feeds, was this item. The author and the commentators make contrasting and various points about not just the quote, but some of the broader situation http://mensnewsdaily.com/2008/07/23/michael-savage-is-not-the-problem/

If I remember correctly this is not the first time Michael Savage has made such statements about Autism. He just doesn't know when to shutup.

[b]That's very rude of him. How could he say that? He shouldn't comment on the topic he knew nothing about. Shame...what a shame. [/b]