Long Islanders to join SF protest over Michael "Savage" Wiener's comments

BY CAROL POLSKY | carol.polsky@newsday.com
July 24, 2008

Long Island autism activists plan to take part in a San Francisco protest Sunday of radio show host Michael Savage's remarks on autism. Hundreds of activists and parents of autistic children are expected to gather outside Savage's home base radio station, KNEW, to call for his ouster.

Among them will be State Sen. Craig Johnson (D-Port Washington); the protest's organizer, Evelyn Ain of Oyster Bay; and John Gilmore of Long Beach, executive director of Autism United.

"We're gathering a lot of people from all across the country to rally and continue putting pressure on the company that syndicates this gentleman to remove him from the air," said Johnson, who has introduced legislation to get a count of autism cases in New York State.

"Everyone is so outraged about it," said Ain, mother of an autistic son and publisher of a magazine on autism. "Honestly, I think we're going to have over 1,000 people."

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