Autism Group to CBS: Fire That Retard!

271. He should be fired from his job for this heartless comment
I wonder about him and his IQ

Posted at 9:28PM on Mar 9th 2008 by Grandmother of a autistic grandson

272. I have two family members with autism. I don't think the show needs to be cancelled. I actually like the show a lot. Adam is an ignorant ass, which you can plainly see from watching the show. I do think that he should apologize though !

Posted at 10:28AM on Mar 10th 2008 by Siobhan

273. "different abilities"- such as any of these people who show(ed) signs of being on the autistic spectrum?

Beethoven
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Edison
Henry Ford
Thomas Jefferson
Mozart
Isaac Newton
Nikola Tesla
Mark Twain
Vincent Van Gogh
Isaac Asimov


If you have ever played music, used a telephone, turned on a electric light, heard of Tom Sawyer, or driven a car.... you can thank an autistic mind.

The remark was rude, though he probably thought nothing of it. Funny, because the definition of retarded is "slow or limited in intellectual or emotional development ", and I would say that the guy is himself is experiencing some issues with both emotional AND intellectual development. Just because he works with "them" all day doesn't mean he has the right to say things like that. I think asking to cancel the show (for this reason) is going a bit overboard, but I would like to see (after the show is over) that the guy at least acknowledges that what he said was at best, disrespectful to a whole bunch of people.




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Posted at 9:27AM on Mar 11th 2008 by Islander

274. I have a 4 year old son with autism and I cringed when I heard him say what he said and it's people like him that I have nightmares about. People who work with special needs children who dont give a crap about them and who abuse your kids. I weep for the future... he's an ass.

Posted at 7:57PM on Mar 26th 2008 by ASweetLoveSong

275. I have a son with autism...he is not autistic...he has autism...autism doesn't have him...he also has mild mental retardation. If all of you watched the interview with Adam's mom and brother, they subtly let on that Adam himself has mild Autism or Asbergers Syndrome. It doesn't excuse his comment, but I can understand his comment was inappropriate and related to his own social deficit. A lot of people live and work as part of our world who have Autism. What the outside world fails to realize is that just because a child or adult with autism look normal, doesn't mean that they don't suffer with the difficult task of trying to fit in. They are like a loose puzzle piece that doesn't fit quite right. They have to constantly compensate for their awkwardness. We all make mistakes and say things we wish we could take back...the difference is that some people with autism don't have the ability to filter their comments. Thanks

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Posted at 1:40AM on Apr 25th 2008 by zacknolden

277. I feel that the call for cancellation of the show is a bit over board. Sure, Adam made a mistake by referring to autistics children as retards, but in reality, he made a mistake. I do feel that Adam truly wants to help the challenged, and the fact that he erred in his comment, I believe that people should give him a chance to at least make an apology or an explanation of why he said what he said. We don't know what it's like to be living in the BB HOUSE...where cameras are EVERYWHERE, and every single thing that you say is recorded and possibly be put on air. I'm sure we've all at one time or another said something that didn't quite come out the way it sounded, so before we all try and judge Adam by just ONE comment that he made, we should step back and think about mistakes that we've all made when we speak as well.

Posted at 1:59PM on Apr 28th 2008 by Blaze555