Stop using Asperger’s syndrome as an insult or an excuse
Don Burke has cast a light on Asperger’s syndrome, and for all the wrong reasons. It hurts those, like my son, who struggle to fit in, writes Frank Pangallo.
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Burke says he is ‘an Asperger’s person’, rejects incest comment
Don Burke’s claim he has undiagnosed Asperger’s, made as he rejected allegations of sexual harassment, has drawn the ire of advocacy groups.
Don Burke’s claim of undiagnosed Asperger’s a ‘slap in the face’
The gardening guru’s claim he has undiagnosed Asperger’s, made as he rejected allegations of sexual harassment, draws the ire of advocacy groups, who say the condition will now be associated with “predatory behaviour”.
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