I cannot believe someone would be so ignorant as to suggest this sick SOB could have done any of this due to Autism in any of it’s many forms. As the mother of 2 Austistic twin sons, I find it reprehensible as well as insulting to say that. Show me in your links where it said an Autistic person has ever done something like this or that they are even prone to extreme act of violence like this. Research before you say something so offensive.
“I cannot believe someone would be so ignorant as to suggest this sick SOB could have done any of this due to Autism in any of it’s many forms. As the mother of 2 Austistic twin sons, I find it reprehensible as well as insulting to say that. Show me in your links where it said an Autistic person has ever done something like this or that they are even prone to extreme act of violence like this. Research before you say something so offensive.”
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A form of autism runs through my family too. I did not say “due to”; that is your reading between the lines. Like other members of the human family, people at various points on the autism spectrum have violent tendencies, some well restrained, others not so well. Acknowledging that fact is only offensive to those in denial about human nature.
I suggest facing up to the general occurrence of violent impulses in humans, autistic or otherwise, and recognizing that a deficient awareness of the challenges of communicating effectively with autistic persons may have contributed to the situation that led to the VT events. This is a more constructive approach than ignoring the possibility, or reacting with indignation at the suggestion. That which is not recognized tends to get overlooked or even neglected, until it becomes impossible to keep looking the other way, as in Cho’s case.
For some references, I suggest you start with:
http://www.netwellness.org/question.cfm/34318.htm
http://www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=16075
http://www.pta.org/bb/viewtopic.php?t=324&;
http://www.mukibaum.com/Parents/TWheatley.html
and then do some more Googling of your own.
Abstract of another article probably worth perusing if this is a concern of yours:
http://www.jaapl.org/cgi/content/full/33/3/390
An example of what I call the “constructive approach” in posting #96:
http://thiswayoflife.org/blog/?p=49