Autism group demands apology from CBS (AP)

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And I have Asperger's Sydrome.

I would never use it aloud, as an insult, saying to someone's face or even behind their back.
But within the privacy of my own mind I use that word derogatorily to describe other autistics, others so low-functioning that they are virtually infants in overgrown bodies. Monstrosites, really. For a few days I was forced to share very close quarters with a few such individuals. Never have I felt such disdain for my fellow man. To me, they were closer to animal than human. I was very angry at them for ruining what could have been a nice summer retreat. I was furious, outraged. Of course none of them asked to be the way they were. And the irony? They would never have a clue.

His problem is his need to make himself feel superior to a certain group, with a derrogatory (and quite inaccurate) label. "I can call them whatever I want." Really? So I guess Aspies can call him whatever they want, like a ret*d, and he'd have no problem with that? Come to think of it, after his remark, it kinda fits. Hopefully his employer will get wind of it and fire him.

There's a new thread about the foundation on Autism Vox with a link to a news report. The foundation is definately looking shady and it is being investigated now by the Florida attorney general's office. The foundation has a disconnected phone number, an abandoned office and a dead internet page.

loser. people like that are people i would like to hit with a hammer.

i hear ya tweety_fan but i would use a mallet