Denis Leary says 'Your kids aren't autistic. They're stupid or lazy.'

Time to complain to FX and to the sponsors of Rescue Me. Damn the man, doesn't he realized he narrowly dodged the Developmental Disability bullet when his son was so premature?

I think Dennis Leary is a piece of crap. And if Jenny McCarthy pickets his book tour,.... I'll be right there beside her all the way!!

If Mr. Leary had ever been in the presence of an autistic child, he would CLEARLY see that it has nothing to do with laziness or stupidity. Often these children are smart and overactive. They just have no skills for channelling and focussing that intelligence or energy into so called "normal" social behaviors. Trying to stir up controversy to sell a book is pretty sad. Why don't you just write a better book that people will actually want to read? Or are you too stupid and lazy for that?

I am offended by Mr. Leary's remarks. My daughter has a form of Autism and she is probably 100 times smarter than he is! She has Asperger's Syndrome. It is in the Autistic Spectrum. She is a very intelligent child! Nevertheless, he needs to do more research before writing books about things he knows nothing about! Autistic children are not STUPID!

Picking on disabled kids is probably not a good sign for a comic's career trajectory.

I'm no fan of Jenny McCarthy either, but Leary should try to understand that she in no represents the majority of parents of autistic children.

I have a 6-year-old son whom i love him very much. He is only partially verbal, is not potty-trained, does not have friends to speak of and has hours of therapy every week to try and learn the basic skills that come naturally to other kids.

He has autism. Not some fake, ginned-up syndrome but an actual, profound developmental disability.

Life is hard enough for him as it is, without people like Leary dumping on him to sell a few more books. My son is not a moron or lazy or stupid; he's a great kid with a lot of challenges, and is someone who deserves, at the very least, to be treated like a human being. Not as a pawn in some fatuous actor's soulless and cynical publicity campaign.

Mr. Leary clearly believes because he has a small bit of celebrity, people actually care what he thinks! Perhaps he should stick to D List acting and shut up about my child's disability! God forbid his grandchildren be afflicted with Autism!!!

he is a genius

Ironically, the Worcester, Massachusetts fire department ... IAFF local 1009... Denis Leary's hometown and the site of one of the worst warehouse fires in US history where sadly Denis Leary's cousin died...has raised close to $2000 for the Elias Tembenis Walk for Autism/ National autism Association's Helping Hands program to give grants to families with Autism. Let's not forget the wonderful work THEY have done:

http://www.firstgiving.com/iafflocal1009

One of the firefighter's nephews, Robert Williams is one of the 2 walkers doing the cross country journey.

http://www.nationalautismassociation.org/eliaswalk

This coming from a man wearing a dress holding high heels?Your incompetent, immature,un educated self,needs to do a little research.Do you have kids? If so I will PROUDLY display on my bumber,"MY AUSTIC KID KICKED YOUR KIDS ***"

My daughter can kick other kids' ***** academically - she read her first word at 13 months and it was the word "almanac!" She knew every state capitol by 4 years old - its social communication that she has a problem with, and other pica behaviors - obviously science is not one of Leary's strong suits - geneticists have found differences in as many as 16 chromosomes, and the brain is structurally different - what an ***!