GeneralElection2020: Catherine Noone told to educate herself about autism after Leo Varadkar remark GE2020
Catherine Noone has been told to educate herself about autism after her ill-informed remark about Leo Varadkar.
Senator Noone made the comment while out canvassing and discussing Mr Varadkar's performance on Virgin Media’s leaders' debate.But Fiona Ferris of AsIAm, Ireland’s national autism charity, has said the senator's remark was totally unacceptable. “This kind of stigma sticks and my biggest concern here would be that a political representative thinks that the word autistic can be used as a describing word for a set of characteristics.”
Video Loading Video Unavailable Click to play Tap to play The video will start in8Cancel Play now She told RTE’s Sean O’Rourke show: “The only part of action she can take here is to fully educate herself on what autism is.
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