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TwilightGardener

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1. People seized on the Asperger's only because it was mentioned

Reply to Mass (Original post)

Tue Dec 18, 2012, 11:09 AM

Dec 2012

by his brother right after the massacre. Hopefully nobody knowledgeable would think that Asperger's leads to violence. I have a family member with Asperger's, I wouldn't fear violence from her, ever--it's not that sort of condition. Edit to add: the "personality disorder" that the brother mentioned in the same breath...we don't know what that was, but that may have been a factor--if it was even a true personality disorder.

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Adam Lanza, Asperger's, and the Media Narrative on Autism and the Mentally Ill [View all] Mass Dec 2012 OP

People seized on the Asperger's only because it was mentioned TwilightGardener Dec 2012 #1

I am so upset... janlyn Dec 2012 #2

I agree, and this is why I posted this OP Mass Dec 2012 #3

I'm very skeptical thiat any Asperger's had anything to do with it. Tommy_Carcetti Dec 2012 #4

It does not, and it is not even clear whether this young man was on the spectrum, Mass Dec 2012 #5

I am so sorry about this Mass. For you and everyone else (my niece is an Aspie) riderinthestorm Dec 2012 #6

Ugh- agreed. ceile Dec 2012 #7

As an Aspie this is really pissing me off. Odin2005 Dec 2012 #8