Privacy and courtesy issues aside, Rosie O’Donnell’s tweet speculating that Donald Trump’s youngest son, 10-year-old Barron, is autistic has certainly elevated the issue.
The Washington Times reported that O’Donnell remains unapologetic.
“Ms. O’Donnell spent the next three days defending the tweet, and on Saturday, she shared a poem explaining why she was so interested in the youngest Trump. She wrote that her 3-year-old daughter Dakota was recently diagnosed with high functioning autism (HFA).”
“I have been immersed in that world/ reality since learning — reading —asking questions,” she wrote. “It’s all autism – all the time for the newly diagnosed as we try to grab onto anything to keep us standing/ the knowledge we r not alone/ there r others living this too.
“These symptoms so many do not understand – i thought – how amazing IF/ IF it is true,” she continued. “IF it is true – i tweeted from my heart/ it would help so much with the autism epidemic.”
The Times also noted that O’Donnell earlier this year joked during a standup performance in New York City that she’d gladly trade her unruly teenagers for “autistic triplets.” She later apologized.
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