Monday, 11 February 2013

Letter to Peter Huhne from Joel's father

Dear Peter,

In response to your comment that your father behaved like an autistic piece of s**t. I would like to say that while I have sympathy for your plight you should be reprimanded for the offensive and ignorant nature of this comment.

I am the father of a child with autism with knowledge of many other such children and for the record neither my son nor any child in his condition demonstrates the cold, lying and manipulative behaviour of Chris Huhne.

I appreciate that it is hard for you to come to terms with a father who has behaved in such a deplorable fashion and it may be easier to reconcile this by badging it with a condition but in doing so you have created a lazy and misleading stereotype.

People who suffer from autism and those that love them have a tough enough time without this kind of negative and entirely ignorant association being made.

Yours sincerely,

Mr Jake Gordon-Clark, father to Joel, 9years old and an autism sufferer.

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