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To: Jewbacca
I note the story states Lanza was THOUGHT to have an Autism Spectrum Disorder. There is only one source for this THOUGHT, that being Lanza's older brother, who was reported by the media as stating he thought Adam may have had Autism or a personality disorder. I've not seen or read of any video of Ryan Lanza making that actual claim; there is only the media reporting Ryan Lanza made said claim.

There has been no doctor or diagnostician who has come forward and verified that Adam Lanza had been diagnosed with any disorder, neurological or otherwise.

By the way, there are people who are sensitive to noise who do not have Autism or Asperger's Syndrome. Also, there are no cases of a person with Autism or Asperger's who has committed a planned violent attack.

299 posted on 01/08/2013 12:25:08 PM PST by SoldierDad (Proud dad of an Army Soldier who has survived 24 months of Combat deployment.)
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To: SoldierDad

“There has been no doctor or diagnostician who has come forward and verified that Adam Lanza had been diagnosed with any disorder, neurological or otherwise.”

Of course not; that would be protected by HIPPA laws.

“By the way, there are people who are sensitive to noise who do not have Autism or Asperger’s Syndrome.”

Sure. But no one is saying his use of earplugs is evidence of Autism, just explained by his autism.

“Also, there are no cases of a person with Autism or Asperger’s who has committed a planned violent attack.”

I don’t know about that one way or the other; I personally doubt it is true. I don’t see why being autistic would insulate a person from being violent any more than any one else. Indeed, since they are often bullying victims, I would suspect that, as a group, they’d be marginally —— marginally -— more likely to lash out in some fashion.


300 posted on 01/08/2013 12:38:01 PM PST by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: SoldierDad; TheThirdRuffian

“there are no cases of a person with Autism or Asperger’s who has committed a planned violent attack.”

It appears the Virginia Tech shooter also was autisic:

Relative Says Virginia Tech Shooter Was Autistic

From the beginning, he wouldn’t answer me,” Kim Yang-soon, Cho’s great aunt, said in an interview Thursday with Associated Press Television News. He “didn’t talk. Normally sons and mothers talk. There was none of that for them. He was very cold.” “When they went to the United States, they told them it was autism,” said Kim, 85, adding that the family had constant worries about Cho.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,267282,00.html

Note, I am not linking autism with violence, just your point that “no cases of a person with Autism or Asperger’s who has committed a planned violent attack.”


301 posted on 01/08/2013 12:44:45 PM PST by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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