What do you think of this?
What do you think of this?
With the anniversary of the Columbine massacre comes renewed media interest in psychopathic killers on the rampage. Okay sure, some killer...
Let's start with me: The person posting this just doesn't know or acknowledge, that autistic people aren't violent (as sociopaths also aren't). I don't even understand this. The author actively sabotages autistic rights movements to gain a small advantage in sociopath advocacy.
Let me add something: In my diagnosis, I was considered aggressive, but I never physically or verbally hurt anyone until i was around nine years old.
The link isn't working for me. Firefox says that the connection was reset.
Hopefully this works: http://www.sociopathworld.com/2009/04/violence-sociopathy-vs-autism.html?m=1
Thanks! Yeah, I impulsively rejected that stance, since in my experience and from what I know about autism, I would have assumed lower rates of crime among us. Particularly, autistic people tend to be more justice-oriented and rules-based than others, so I would assume that would lead to lower rates of crime. However, I DDG'd to see if I could find anything. According to this Psychology Today article that reports on study, autism actually served as a protective factor among those with conduct disorder and ADHD. This literature review also points to lower rates of crime among the autistic population.
Even she quoted this:
The chairman of Trudy Steuernagel's department rose at her memorial service to proclaim, "Autism doesn't equal violence." And this probably is mathematically correct: Autism does not always equal violence.
I want to see if there is anything else Sky and Andrew could have. I also want to see what kind of therapies, like if behavioral therapy was involved.