Kathie Lee Gifford Makes Kid With Autism Feel Bad

Listen to Howards Stern reaction click link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2RnFAfoLzE

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[goodasau1]

People are uncomfortable around people and things they don't understand. It was awkward, but was there intent to harm? I don't think so.  Why can't the focus be on the message...sometimes all it takes to make a connection with anybody is to reach out...whether the person is autistic or neurotypical.

[DONTHEMAGICWON]

@goodasau1 I believe there was good intention here. But the problem to me is they are putting this kid on pedestal because he was such an elitist and he acutally sat down & spoke to the weird kid.

So to myself & others it's like big deal, so what, you actually treated another person like a human being first before you judged them

[JonEbeling]

This is wrong on so many levels. Excluding Graham, these people should all be ashamed of themselves.

[dannyd80]

Please, I'm begging you, write to the people at the Today show letting them know how horrible this segment came across and how mean it was. Get the dumb bitch aware of how ridiculous that was to do to that poor kid. Just go to the today show website and click contact us at the bottom of the page and send them a comment. Overwhelm those fools with feedback.

[GenieVillain26]

Why didn't they ask Graham what he wanted to do for collage. Do they think I will just stay home with his parents like a mindless freak. What horrible people.

[mupty]

@MyVoicenotSilenced It's not the rewarding of kindness that's the problem. It's the treatment of Graham as an inferior being even after making a friend like Zack that's the problem. Look at how Kathie talks to Graham like he's five instead of 15. He's a high school student, for Pete's sake! Any aspie will tell you how degrading it is when people talk to us like that. Just because we're autistic doesn't mean we're incapable of knowing when we're being insulted or mocked.

[BNicodemo]

@MyVoicenotSilenced Oh you. You've convinced me.

Still, I wish they hadn't paraded that poor kid out like one of Jerry's Kids for that awful song. My fucking EYES are ringing.

[BNicodemo]

@MyVoicenotSilenced You are completely missing the point of all of this.

[TheBackOfTheBoat]

holy shit this seems like something out of The Office, it's so awkward and embarrassing, both for the kids and the people watching.

[440John]

And one more thing: F*CK that lowlife trash-mouth, Howard Stern, that degenerate, flatulant, perverse old bastard!

[440John]

"Kathy Lee is incredibly stupid. Her ego overrides rational thought"

How much money are YOU worth? Hmmm? In my book, she's "incredibly" smart and YOU incredibly DUMB and BROKE with nothing better to do than bash her.

[Venomized]

What a fucking train wreck, hahaha...