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Denis Leary Comes Under Fire For Calling Autistic Kids “Junior Morons”
Backseat Cuddler —
... autistic and there is no way he is “just” stupid or lazy. He clearly has a developmental problem, and that’s more than evident even to this layperson. The Autism Society of America responded to Leary’s nastiness.“For Mr. Leary to suggest that families or doctors conspire to falsely diagnose autism is ridiculous… [His] remarks reflect the same misconceptions of autism being caused by bad or unemotional parenting that were held over 50 years ago.” Leary has tried to defend himself by suggesting that his “critics obviously haven’t read the book.” “Or if they have,” the ...
Jenny McCarthy Must Have Gotten To Him
Dlisted - Be Very Afraid —
... Leary's upcoming book made the rounds and now he's trying to fix the situation by saying his comments were taken out of his context. In his book, Why We Suck: A Feel-Good Guide to Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy and Stupid , Denis writes that autism is an excuse used by bad parents. He really brought it to the shit farm by writing, " I don't give a [bleep] what these crackerjack whack jobs tell you - yer kid is NOT autistic. He's just stupid. Or lazy. Or both." Denis issued a statement to E! saying it's just a misunderstanding that can be solved by reading his book, specifically ...
Beyond rescue
Salon —
... that sometimes feel like empty provocation. Cast even a cursory glance at the chapter titles of his book -- "I Had Sex With Kathie Lee Gifford (And She Was Amazing)," "Matt Dillon Is a Giant Fag," "Autism Shmautism," "We'd Hate You Even If You Weren't Black" -- and you'd assume that the entire tome is filled with nastiness and ignorant, insensitive opinions. But Leary's book and his views are a little more informed and evenhanded than they first appear. Although activist groups have taken issue with Leary for suggesting that autism is caused by bad parenting, in his book ...
