On July 16, the No. 3 syndicated radio talk show host in the country, Michael Savage, made the following statement on autism:More from Media Matters, including how to take action.
"Now, you want me to tell you my opinion on autism? ... A fraud, a racket."
Savage went on to say:
"Now, the illness du jour is autism. You know what autism is? 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.'"
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