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Are people with autism faking it?

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Smallpotatoes, Jul 18, 2008.

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  1. Smallpotatoes

    Smallpotatoes Well-Known Member

    http://mediamatters.org/items/200807170005?f=h_top

    Michael Savage thinks so. The medical community might disagree.
     
    Smallpotatoes, Jul 18, 2008
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  2. imjustagirl

    imjustagirl Active Member

    Re: Are people with autism are faking it?

    THAT may be the most ignorant thing I've ever read. Holy shit.

    As someone who knows several people with autistic children, I will say I hope Savage never gets caught in a dark alley with any of them.
     
    imjustagirl, Jul 18, 2008
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  3. outofplace

    outofplace Well-Known Member

    Re: Are people with autism are faking it?

    My sentiments exactly, IJAG. Savage is a disgrace.

    I like to share some of the really fucked-up stuff I read on this site with my wife, but I'm not even telling Mrs. OOP this one. One of her best friends since she was in elementary school is the father of an autistic child.... and a far better man than Savage could ever hope to be.
     
    outofplace, Jul 18, 2008
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  4. Tom Petty

    Tom Petty Guest

    Re: Are people with autism are faking it?

    jesus H.
     
    Tom Petty, Jul 18, 2008
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  5. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    Re: Are people with autism are faking it?

    Faking it? Hell no.

    Is it being overdiagnosed? A lot of people think so.

    They told my sister that her daughter "showed signs of autism" when she was about two. Kid was a little more shy than most and wasn't speaking as early as most kids. Everything else, completely normal.

    Kid is five now and sharp as a tack. Has a slight speech problem, but nothing beyond that.
     
    Mizzougrad96, Jul 18, 2008
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  6. imjustagirl

    imjustagirl Active Member

    Re: Are people with autism are faking it?

    There are degrees of autism, Mizzou. Not every kid with autism sits in the corner unable to communicate.
     
    imjustagirl, Jul 18, 2008
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  7. D-Backs Hack

    D-Backs Hack Guest

    Re: Are people with autism are faking it?

    I'm the father of an autistic child.

    One must consider the possibility that -- like Coulter, Limbaugh, Malkin and the rest of the leading lights on the right -- this rant is among the 90 percent of the shit Savage spews that he can't possibly believe as he laughs all the way to the bank.
     
    D-Backs Hack, Jul 18, 2008
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  8. poindexter

    poindexter Well-Known Member

    Re: Are people with autism are faking it?

    I have never heard of Michael Savage except for this message board. But this must be at least the third outlandish thing he's said that has started a thread. Sounds like he's got people hook, line and sinker.
     
    poindexter, Jul 18, 2008
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  9. Dickens Cider

    Dickens Cider New Member

    Re: Are people with autism are faking it?

    Not people. Person. Smallpotatoes, I believe, started each Savage thread.
     
    Dickens Cider, Jul 18, 2008
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  10. poindexter

    poindexter Well-Known Member

    Re: Are people with autism are faking it?

    I got to just the second page of smallpotatoes' posts.

    Two threads started about Savage.
    A post about O'Reilly
    A post about Rush


    Oy vey
     
    poindexter, Jul 18, 2008
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  11. outofplace

    outofplace Well-Known Member

    Re: Are people with autism are faking it?

    Does that really make Savage less of a douchebag?
     
    outofplace, Jul 18, 2008
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  12. Tom Petty

    Tom Petty Guest

    Re: Are people with autism are faking it?

    nope.
     
    Tom Petty, Jul 18, 2008
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