Michael Savage's shocking remarks on autistic children being “brats” have raised a wave of revolt both from parents whose children are suffering from the disease and from the general public. As a consequence of this situation, seven radio stations have canceled airing the show, and one of the companies that ran ads during the show decided to retreat them.

On July 16, Michael Savage, the host of the radio show that enjoys the third widest audience nationwide, made some disturbing remarks by saying that 99 percent of the children suffering from autism are just brats whose parents should try to shake them up a little bit and show them how they should behave.

Despite the public's criticism to what he has said, Mr. Savage posted on his blog that he stands by what he told and that although some children are really suffering from autism, their number is far smaller than the one told by the media. He continued to say that doctors are to blame as well because they rush to give the diagnosis without being really sure that it is the right one. Mr. Savage also said that there aren't any tests that can really determine when a person suffers from the disease and when not.

Michael Savage had problems because of his public statements before. One of his takes on homosexuality made him lose his job at MSNBC in the past. It will be interesting to see how the rest of the 350 radio stations that air his show will react following the seven ones that have already dropped it.