[dynachrome]

Doc S.’s comments were from 4 years ago.

“and planned to give over his entire show on Monday — broadcast live from Northern California from 3 to 6 p.m., Pacific time — to parents and other callers who wished to disagree with him and to educate him.

And that’s exactly what Savage did, with some callers - including a school psychologist - agreeing with him that autism like so many childhood behavior disorders is overdiagnosed oftentimes for financial reasons”

[shhrubbery!]

I don't pretend to be any kind of expert. But I have watched a lot of allegedly autistic kids while volunteering at a special school for autistic children. Some kids obviously had something very wrong with them, while others appeared completely normal!

So while I mostly agree with Michael Savage on this, I think he's probably overstating the case. I'd guess around about 50-70% (not 99% as per Savage) of kids claimed to be autistic have been misdiagnosed, or that the word "autistic" is being used as a catch-all term for "we don't know what's wrong with him."

[shhrubbery!]

I don't pretend to be any kind of expert. But I have watched a lot of allegedly autistic kids while volunteering at a special school for autistic children. Some kids obviously had something very wrong with them, while others appeared completely normal!

So while I mostly agree with Michael Savage on this, I think he's probably overstating the case. I'd guess around about 50-70% (not 99% as per Savage) of kids claimed to be autistic have been misdiagnosed, or that the word "autistic" is being used as a catch-all term for "we don't know what's wrong with him."

[cripplecreek]

Doc S.’s comments were from 4 years ago.

And he was correct.