Re: Fw: Rory McGrath interview with Simon Mayo last Wednesday

[Guest guest]

that looser needs to apologise, I will email Simon Mayo, how dare he,

what an idiot.

Lara

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> Rory McGrath interview with Simon Mayo last Wednesday

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> I was saddened last week to hear Rory McGrath talking about his new

book about birds.

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> On at least two occasions he referred to his book and said he had

wanted to write a book that wasn't 'autistic' about birdwatching.

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> I have a severely autistic son and the poor woman that killed her

disabled autistic son then killed herself is very much in

> the news at the moment.

>

> Obviously none of you, least of all Rory McGrath have any idea

about w hat it is like

> to live with autism.

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> Why on earth didnt Simon Mayo stop him, did he not think it was a

problem either?

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> . Rory McGrath is obviously a total insensitive ignorant bufoon.

> You wouldnt go around saying i didnt want to write a Spazzy book

what the hell is going on?

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> I listenin to Simon Mayo everyday on the way to pick up my autistic

son from his school - I was most upset by this.

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> Lucinda Borer (mum of Fred)

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[Guest guest]

this is disgusting. I'm going to write to Rory McGrath's agent and cc

to Radio 2. I'll post the address if anyone else is interested. What

a twat. Actually slipped up on disability the other day,

he made a job about using hte disabled toilet and being in an

inaccessbile office or somethng and his female co host just charged on

as if someone was gesticulating very very wildly at them through a

window. The NAS is right on that one - autism IS the invisible

disability. But wrong in saying that we should all be accepting and

celebrating. That allows these idiots (and Red magazine recently used

autistic in place of " male " grrrr) to think they are doing something

modern and forward looking (like people making racist jokes of late as

if we're post racism) by bandying the term about willy nilly. Idiots.

and Simon Mayo should know better. Or rather he's about to know better!!!

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>

> Rory McGrath interview with Simon Mayo last Wednesday

>

>

> I was saddened last week to hear Rory McGrath talking about his new

book about birds.

>

> On at least two occasions he referred to his book and said he had

wanted to write a book that wasn't 'autistic' about birdwatching.

>

> I have a severely autistic son and the poor woman that killed her

disabled autistic son then killed herself is very much in

> the news at the moment.

>

> Obviously none of you, least of all Rory McGrath have any idea

about w hat it is like

> to live with autism.

>

> Why on earth didnt Simon Mayo stop him, did he not think it was a

problem either?

>

> . Rory McGrath is obviously a total insensitive ignorant bufoon.

> You wouldnt go around saying i didnt want to write a Spazzy book

what the hell is going on?

>

> I listenin to Simon Mayo everyday on the way to pick up my autistic

son from his school - I was most upset by this.

>

> Lucinda Borer (mum of Fred)

>

[Guest guest]

Great emails all of you. they may or may not get back to us!

Lx

[Guest guest]

I think alot of people have heard of autism but don't know what it

is so they use the snippets they have heard ie super intelligent or

socially awkward. I don't believe these presenters think they are

being racist or insulting they just don't know. Maybe ( putting it

mildly!) the NAS isn't doing a good job of publiscising what autism

really is and what it means.

I remember telling lots of people Charlie had autism ( a few years

ago) and just getting blank stares of non comprehension - I might as

well said he had a cold! This wouldn't happen with childhood cancer.

Unless people have been affected they don't seem to know what it is.

And if they see someone with autism who acts pretty normally then

they think well thats autism it isn't that bad.

Peta -

-- In Autism-Biomedical-Europe , " stephaniesirr "

wrote:

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> this is disgusting. I'm going to write to Rory McGrath's agent and

cc

> to Radio 2. I'll post the address if anyone else is interested.

What

> a twat. Actually slipped up on disability the other

day,

> he made a job about using hte disabled toilet and being in an

> inaccessbile office or somethng and his female co host just charged

on

> as if someone was gesticulating very very wildly at them through a

> window. The NAS is right on that one - autism IS the invisible

> disability. But wrong in saying that we should all be accepting and

> celebrating. That allows these idiots (and Red magazine recently

used

> autistic in place of " male " grrrr) to think they are doing something

> modern and forward looking (like people making racist jokes of late

as

> if we're post racism) by bandying the term about willy nilly.

Idiots.

> and Simon Mayo should know better. Or rather he's about to know

better!!!

>

> >

> >

> > Rory McGrath interview with Simon Mayo last Wednesday

> >

> >

> > I was saddened last week to hear Rory McGrath talking about his

new

> book about birds.

> >

> > On at least two occasions he referred to his book and said he had

> wanted to write a book that wasn't 'autistic' about birdwatching.

> >

> > I have a severely autistic son and the poor woman that killed her

> disabled autistic son then killed herself is very much in

> > the news at the moment.

> >

> > Obviously none of you, least of all Rory McGrath have any idea

> about w hat it is like

> > to live with autism.

> >

> > Why on earth didnt Simon Mayo stop him, did he not think it was a

> problem either?

> >

> > . Rory McGrath is obviously a total insensitive ignorant bufoon.

> > You wouldnt go around saying i didnt want to write a Spazzy book

> what the hell is going on?

> >

> > I listenin to Simon Mayo everyday on the way to pick up my

autistic

> son from his school - I was most upset by this.

> >

> > Lucinda Borer (mum of Fred)

> >

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