Maybe Savage should change his name to Idiot-Savant.
Really my friend’s son is autistic. No one would want to see it if it wasn’t true.
The little guy is so out of it. There’s no way to get him to be measurably better by hope and discipline.
And really, I wonder what is to happen to all these poor children. They can improve but they can not be normal. It’s terrible.
Per the thread, the problem is not that Savage is denying the existence of autism, it’s that he’s simply observing (in his usually caustic manner) that an awful lot of those diagnosed as such are not - which actually is helpful by trying to shine the light on the imposters/whiners, and get the over-diagnosis back down to those tragic true cases thereof.
He’s the one out of 100. I have had a friend with a completely disabled autistic child. And I’d go so far as to say that many autistic children are just poorly parented, I have no idea how many that could be.
I also have friends with mildly autistic children who are pretty fair behaved.
So he’s exaggerating. No surprise. I wouldn’t take this personally if I were you.
I am the father of an autistic son who is now in his mid-20’s. He can talk, but rarely does, and is for the most part loveable and giving. However, when he wants to be left alone it is better that he be left alone as he can “go off” quite quickly. He will warn you, though, when he does not want to be bothered.
Additionally, he has the touch of the idiot savant about him: He can do mathematics in his head at lightening speed - usually writing down the answers, and he has damned close to a photographic memory of signs he sees, music he hears, and movies he watches.
He was diagnosed as autistic when he was very young and has been like this his entire life. We did not medicate him - just gave him as much love, support, and care as possible. He will never get noticeably better. But that’s okay, because his mother, sisters, stepmother, and I all love him dearly.
As the father of a autistic child, I would like to tell Michael Savage that he can go to hell.
As is my nephew's son and quite possibly his daughter too.......
Savage crossed the line and has forever lost any credibility he ever had with me.......