Parents with autistic children, politicians and other people interested in the issue gathered on Sunday in front of a San Francisco radio to protest and call for the firing of talk show host Michael Savage for his recent remarks that 99 percent autism diagnoses were fake.

"In 99 percent of the cases, it's a brat who hasn't been told to cut the act out. That's what autism is," the talks show host said.

Nearly 50 to 60 people convened in front of KNEW radio's Townsend Street offices and protested against the decision took by KNEW and Talk Radio Network (the firm which syndicates Savage's talk shows) to keep the host on the air even though he made the controversial comments.

Michael Savage – real name Michael Alan Weiner – did not apologized for his cruel remarks about the children who suffer from autism. The radio host, author, and conservative political commentator, said that autism was being over-diagnosed, and blamed the parents of autistic children as failures.

"They don't have a father around to tell them, 'Don't act like a moron. You'll get nowhere in life. Stop acting like a putz. Straighten up. Act like a man. Don't sit there crying and screaming, you idiot,'” were some of Savage’s cruel remarks.

Evelyn Ain, president of Autism United in Long Island and mother to an 8-year-old autistic son, described Savage’s remarks as “hurtful to the safety and the well-being of vulnerable children.”

"If this (KNEW) and other radio stations don't stop carrying Savage's signal, then we will pursue every advertiser until they drop him," she added.

Considering the fact that advertisers already began to pull out one by one, Ain may not need too pursue many of them. Other officials such as Craig Johnson, a New York state senator from Long Island, and Alice Lai-Bitker, an Alameda County supervisor, joined the protest.

Sponsors of Savage Nation radio show, such as AFLAC Insurance and Home Depot, have pulled out from the deal. The founder of Home Depot - Bernie Marcus – donated $25 million for the creation of Autism Speaks, in 2005, and he is currently on the group’s board of directors, ABC News reported.