Talk show host under fire for autism comments

NEW YORK (WJRT) -- (07/22/08) -- The radio shock jock who's on-air rant about children with autism has outraged parents across America.

Michael Savage says that he stands by his claims that 99 percent of autistic children are nothing more than brats; brats who haven't "been told to cut the act out."

Those remarks have sparked protests around the country against the San Francisco-based Savage.

Some parents held a news conference Monday outside WOR, the New York radio station that carries Michael Savage's talk show.

Last week Savage said "99 percent" of autism cases involve "a brat who hasn't been told to cut the act out." Today, he said autism is being overused as a diagnosis.

A spokesman for WOR says Savage's views are his own.

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