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LEARY ANGERS AUTISM ACTIVISTS
Actor DENIS LEARY has sparked outrage among activists for children with autism - insisting parents are just using the disorder to explain their kids' academic "laziness".
Leary talks about the brain development disorder in his new book Why We Suck: A Feel-Good Guide to Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy and Stupid.
He writes: "There is a huge boom in autism right now because inattentive mothers and competitive dads want an explanation for why their dumb-ass kids can't compete academically, so they throw money into the happy laps of shrinks... to get back diagnoses that help explain away the deficiencies of their junior morons. I don't (care) what these crackerjack whack jobs tell you - your kid is NOT autistic. He's just stupid. Or lazy. Or both."
But the actor's comments have sparked outrage at The Autism Society of America.
A spokesperson for the group tells the New York Post: "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."
15 October 2008 16:18
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Leary's laughable 
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posted on 16/10/2008 06:42
Mr. Leary is neither professionally qualified nor amazing brilliant to make
these remarks. He is a shallow minded,slope skull, neanderthal that makes a
living claiming to be an asshole but does not have the balls to stand up to a
true fright. Such a outlandish statements must only be for shock and money, or
can it be that he is truly that mentally retarded as to think himself wise. I
assume that he himself has never been blessed to know someone that suffers from
autism. Well, since he supports cancer charities and acknowledges that as a
disease, I hope he has many opportunities to fund research for people he loves
suffering from the terminal illness. Fight fire with fire.
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LizRobillard ( 1)
posted on 15/10/2008 19:11
I agree with Dennis Leary, I've studied autism 14 years and am mum to a 16 year
old. He is correct
