Talk:Autism Every Day

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An entry from Autism Every Day appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on 8 June 2006.

Contents 1 Sources 2 McCarron reference 3 Image 4 Verify 5 Deletions

[edit] Sources

One of the blog sources is a broken link, and a message board is not a reliable source. — BRIAN0918 • 2006-06-04 14:58

[edit] McCarron reference

I'm not sufficiently confident to remove this paragraph from the bottom of the article but it does have one too many "may have"s in it for encyclopaedic mention. Has anyone else linked the video to the killing? If yes, then they should be cited. If not, then it had better come out. David | Talk 15:04, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

I completely agree with your concerns about this paragraph. I quick web search only finds a connection between the two in people's blogs. I'm moving the paragraph in question to the talk page right now (immediately below). It currently looks like speculation, and shouldn't go back in without a good reference, IMHO Chovain 13:35, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Autism Every Day also might have been a catalyst for the death of Katherine McCarron, an autistic toddler who was strangled to death by her mother, Dr. Karen McCarron. The death of the toddler happened a few days after Autism Every Day was released and Dr. McCarron might have seen the video. It is unknown whether or not the video influenced her to kill her daughter, but it is a possibility that the depressing mood of the video might have caused her to feel that there was nothing worse than autism. Ironically, many people sympathize with Dr. McCarron for why she killed her daughter, much to the dismay of autistics.

[edit] Image

Would it be worthwhile getting a screenshot from the film and inserting it into the article under a {{film-screenshot}} rationale? GeeJo ^(t)⁄_(c) • 22:25, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Verify

No citations, and weasel words. - FrancisTyers · 15:06, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

I agree. Skinnyweed 16:13, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Very strange wording used for the "Did You Know" from the front page. Was there not a better fact to use? --GoAround 20:44, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Deletions

I removed the weasel-worded sections on various reactions. The only sources given are the film's site itself, a message board, some blogs, and a bad link; in other words, no reliable sources. I'm going to suggest the page be removed from the DYK. Deltabeignet