I wrote a column for CNN: Leave autism out of mass shootings

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Great column Alex. The message was perfect, and needs to be repeated as often as possible. Keep up the great work

I haven't noticed this thread before. Good work Alex. I hate it when Asperger's becomes a scape goat when rumors get spread around like with this shooting. This message needs to be repeated often.

I've yet to see what I consider to be a definitive diagnosis. From what I have seen as potential symptoms, I see a misdiagnosis at best. I think it would be better to write that he had a speculated diagnosis. Overall, though, it is helpful to at least see something that states autism and these mass killings are not related.

Just FYI and all, there's absolutely no reason to fabricate your own bullet casings and jackets (it's not all that easy either, or better, "cheap"); it's easy enough to buy ammunition in the US legally, and it's easy enough to steal them if your country requires anything more than a driver's license (and you're ineligible from acquiring said documentation).

It's quite simple to see a disturbed young man do what he did. Seeing no hope, no cure, feeling murderous rage/frustration/hate, feeling that the world and people are to blame for things, that it's not fair, and then taking it out on people close to him (who he might see as part of the problem) and those who'll shock people the most (it worked). You attack that which causes the most grief and shock if your intentions are purely hateful. Throw in social isolation/a social disorder where you can't talk about these things (an inhibiting factor), and there she goes.

There's always a method and rationale to it. Hardly anyone does something this bad "just 'cause", and never anything that's planned.

Facts? We dont need no stinking facts, this is News!

Now get a story out in five minutes solving this story. If it bleeds it leads.

Adam was found dead at the school. Gunman kills self as police close in!

Police do not report a shot as they came, the news does.

Just having some piece of ID from his brother does not lead to the second shooter picked up. The police are reporting a second shooter. The brother was picked up, and held till it was proven he could not be the second shooter.

Nerd who fixes computers, somehow becomes, Autism Kills! Still nothing more than buzz words in media. They all got the Autism Awareness packet from Autism Speaks, and saw Rainman.

Still nothing on a Dx, which as a step into media fame, any professional would be on the talk circut the next day.

The Media solved this in the first paragraph, even in the headline.

Autistic, slaughters children, assault weapon.

This is reporting, made up by Media Professionals within seconds of hearing about it, and picked up by others and repeated.

I am suprised it lacked the other news feed, Mayan Doomsday Shooter!

Now the police did act on a second shooter report, the car involved did belong to the town felon family, who were facing felonies relating to selling heroin in a school zone, the kind of things that can lead to life in prison.

The kind of people who might be mad at the town, it's schools, and would set up a revenge killing.

The brothers ID, no one says what. A Library Card?

The car, how it got there, nothing.

So the car goes to Adams house, kills his mother, steals her guns, and a masked gunman breaks into the school, which seemed to have some locked door security. No one reports shots at Adams house.

Lots of people get away, so some time went by, Adam is found dead. The police are sure there was a second shooter, who got away.

Was Adam found masked? Was the mask found?

Adams DNA is being checked, which the press is reporting as Killer DNA found in Autistics.

More likely, Adams DNA is being checked against the weapons, for even a gloved shooter spits, and leaves traces. There was a delay in removing the bodies as the crime scene was secured, Areas like, the shooter stood here, would be taped off, and searched for spit, hair, fibers,

DNA has to be checked against everyone who was there, and Adam, looking for some other, which does not fit. Hair and fibers could be explained away by saying Adam used my car, but Salivia is first person, who had to be there to leave it. The same for finger prints.

Having confirmed the dead were dead, the police pulled back and sealed the crime scene. This one gets the best the State and FBI can offer.

It is not being treated like Adam did it, case closed.

Do Adams fingerprints show up on the steering wheel? Why that car when he had access to his mothers? Why a car that when last stopped by the local police had two people with heroin?

The reports of a second shooter were acted on, the brothers ID was found, but not on Adam? Just laying there on the floor? Someone laying a false trail?

Just finding his brothers ID would not lead to a second shooter report, that had to come from someone who was there, and got away. All eye witnesses were killed.

Maybe Adam acted alone, But that maybe leaves questions.

When it comes to solving crimes, I will wait for the police report, as the Media was not there, and issued a full report in minutes.

As for Autism, it is hard to miss, and would have been in school records. Nothing has come up. No professional involvment, even though the family was rich, and would have sought help. Aspergers is vague, not supported in the record, what came out is an intelligent nerd, did college work in high school, fixed computers.

If that defines Autism, about a third of people are autistic.

The Media Circus will die down, move on to the next misinformation blurbs.

I am looking for the police to process every speck of evidence, and produce a full report for the families involved.

If Adam did it, was Autistic, and alive, I would say hang him. If there was a second shooter, find him and hang him. It is not enough, but all that could be done for families that will live in grief, police who cannot unsee the crime scene, and what we all lost due to new lows in human behavior.