He said what I consider to be the truth about autism- it is overdiagnosed. I wonder if this was the straw?
No, he said....”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.’ “