14 December 2012 8:10 PM, PST | Mediaite - TV | See recent Mediaite - TV news »
And so it begins. Following a sketchy report that Connecticut school shooter Adam Lanza may have had autism or Asperger's Syndrome, CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight booked a so-called expert named Dr. Xavier Amador to come on the air and slur people with autism. Dr. Amador, a media-friendly psychologist (a specialty that does not deal with autism) told Piers Morgan that "a symptom of autism" is that "something's missing in the brain, a capacity for empathy, for social connection, which leaves the person suffering from this condition prone to serious depression and anxiety." »
- Tommy Christopher
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