"Autism is a "fraud"" - Anyone else hear about this?

Im sorry for your frustration...you have to see it from there point of view...you just like thousands of others have been tricked. the government "cnn" etc are trying to protect there own. Its there fault that all the children have autism!! you see it used to be the old vaccine had mercury and it would only affect so many kids per year ...why im not sure maybe just the child couldnt handle it or something i dont know maybe they juiced up some of the shots so give kids autism im not sure but i do know its that MMR shot that is screwing up the kids. over the last year or two the government has changed the shot ....now we have an increase of autism. its not the childrens faults...its not the parents faults...its the government and why arent they doing more to protect our children. they will tell you teh shot is safe....they will telll you your kids have to have the shot but ...if its a free country HOW ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE ME GET MY CHILD A SHOT WHICH ISNT SAFE????

Correct me if im wrong ...this is what has happened with darn there all mothers and fathers whom have autistic children--- the kids run and play and talk everything seems fine then they go get there shots. no one really thinks about which shot it is they just realize taht there child wakes up one day and doesnt function like they used to. ITS THE SHOT I DONT CARE WHAT HEALTHCARE PROVIDER DR NURSE WHATEVER WANTS TO SAY ITS NOT THE SHOT I HAVE HEARD TOOO MANY STORIES AND THAT SHOT IS WHAT IS HARMING OUR CHILDREN!!!!!

As far as speech and healthcare....the government runs a** backwards because if you have a good job and nice car and such it seems you can lie and get all the help you want however if your really in need of assistance you play hi and h*ll water trying to get help!!! i think the government needs an overhaul and needs to see the difference in NEED!!!

I think most people were appalled by what he said. While I think everyone is entitled to their own opinions, I hate that this man with his expansive medical knowledge (said with EXTREME sarcasm) is heard and respected by so many.

People will believe what they want to, but I am glad to hear the number of people who were outraged by his commentary -- especially those that aren't autistics or autistic parents. It's good to know that more and more people are recognizing autism as a disease, rather than just assuming that the child is undisciplined.

Yes I heard this the other day and eveb wrote a thread myself on it. I was really upset I told my husband that I want this mans phone number so I could give him some of my own remarks about his ignorant remarks.

He obviously doesn't know much about Autism and needs to educate himself more.

But this man makes a living doing stuff like this on his radio station, so I don't think nothing will happen to him, although I wish he could be fired, but it doesn't look that way.

But I feel this was one of the lowest things anyone could say to the public. He made no sense to be honest because as many others ask, "What does he feel about the non-verbal Autistic kids that just sit in the corner and so on?"

There are different kinds of Autistic behaviors, and I don't feel BRAT is one of the behaviors..

I couldn't get video to work, but I have to agree with him. Yep, autism is a fraud. My oldest son is just pretending to be autistic. At 11 years old he is just faking at being almost non-verbal and the rocking he does is just to drive me insane. Yep, I'll just tell myself that.

And if anyone believes that I have a unicorn I want to sell them!

I wouldn't wish an autistic child on anyone, but too bad this guy doesn't know what it is like so he could see that autism is very real.

that so pisses me off my child cant help the things that are happening to him. he is not a spoiled brat or a moron. he has a IQ higher than most 6th graders and he is 3. but because he cant talk or socialize with other people doesnt make him stupid or anything that horrible man said i think that guy should have his mouth zipped shut and never be aloud to even think about children with specail needs or there parents. that is the worst thing i have heard in years. God help him cause he needs it.

It would tick me off to. We also spend lots of our our own savings on therapy for our child too.
That really is wrong for the insurance to say “he does not need speech therapy if he is does not talk” well in that case, the insurance company should not take your money because they don’t offer the services when it is necessary.

Or better yet the person who told you that don’t need to be paid for this job, they did not use their brain when replying to this denial…

Outrageous!!!! Welfare, and other assisted program have been available for many others I remember a girl in my old neighborhood with 5 children, and 5 different dads. I am sorry, but I seen so many that do not work, and get their nails done all the time, going out to bars, and having babies. Then they get welfare check, food stamp, assisted living and even more. Free education, free preschool, free transportation, free housing, free school lunches, free medical and much more.

I endure the same problem, we fought with insurance for months about speech, I have to pay insurance premium weekly. We also pay for summer school, preschool, and school lunches too. But our child has a disability so why are we paying when we are the ones paying taxes right? It is horrible system.

How dare they say autism is a fraud and claim we are trying to take money from the system when indeed they are not looking in right direction. I hate it when I have to pay for my copay before they can see my child, but another one walks in and they don’t need to pay copay and probably don’t even need to hold a job to pay their bills.
You can tell I am upset about this too! I won’t be upset if I did not go through h… e…. l…. l… to pay for speech, behavior and other therapies.