Parents see opening in reviled remarks on autism (San Jose Mercury News) Many parents of autistic kids think Savage has opened a huge public-relations door for them. “Rather than just bring attention to Savage and his idiocy, we want to use this as an opportunity to inform people and raise their consciousness about autism,” said one.

Michael Savage loses Home Depot, Sears and Budweiser in autism flap (New York Daily News) Direct Buy, Cisco and Radio Shack have also withdrawn their support, according to Autism United.

Op-ed: Stand up to those who bully the disabled (Teresa Lavinder in the Roanoke, VA, Times)

Savage refers to people with autism as “frauds” and then uses terms for these children that are reserved for the asylum dwellers of the previous centuries. These words are considered hate speech and are words most intelligent people do not allow their children to use … This discrimination occurs because we aren’t stopping it. Why aren’t local listeners standing up for our most vulnerable, sensitive citizens?

Michael Savage, at Odds With the Science (US News and World Report) Health reporter Adam Voiland questions the scientific credibility of Michael Savage’s comments about autism. Where Savage blames fathers for their children’s behavior, Voiland says the condition results from a complex interplay of genetic and environmental factors — not bad parenting.

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