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armando
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Post PBS Autism Series Not Everyones Delight
on: April 26, 2011, 16:21
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This was from anational report that I just read!

Many praised the series for taking such a comprehensive look at autism. But not everyone was pleased with MacNeil’s reporting on the issue. In blog posts, comments and e-mails to PBS, self-advocates are chiding the veteran reporter, saying that their perspective was left out. What’s more, they are criticizing MacNeil for comments they say suggest that those with the disorder lack empathy and can be violent.

“There’s always a problem when you talk about autism and do not include autistic people in the discussion,” says Ari Ne’eman, president of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, who suggests that the series featured “dehumanizing rhetoric” and language insinuating that people with autism are “violent and that we’re a burden on society.”

Now MacNeil will respond to questions and concerns raised by viewers during a segment that will air toward the end of Tuesday’s edition of the NewsHour, according to Anne Bell, public relations manager for the show.
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on: April 27, 2011, 18:47
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I think MacNeil & PBS did a great job on the areas they covered! It is frustrating how some overlook statements like "SOME individuals with autism may be this or that" - doesn't mean they are talking about all of them. I wish my son functioned well enough to communicate his feelings of being offended!!
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