"Downtown Shop Owner Battles With Aspergers"

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I'm just saying, there are lots of people that are just as socially disadvantaged (if not more) than people with AS; and yet you don't hear a bunch of sensationalistic news stories about THEIR "debilitating social diseases".

EDIT: Grammar faux pas

Last edited by Katie_WPG on 10 May 2009, 2:18 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Very important point you raised, Katie_WPG. I'm pretty sure you're correct.

If somebody was working on doing retail sales of a highly specialized clothing line because they loved it, and they were deaf or in a wheelchair, I'm sure they would encounter a lot of similar difficulties with how people respond to them in person.

They'd also deserve just as much respect and serve as an inspiration to others.

And if a reporter accurately portrayed their driving passion and the difficulties they deal with, I'd go easy on the reporter if they wrongly referred to deafness as a "disease."

Local tv news in America is the worst, this report merely confirms my findings.