Media Reports Adam Lanza had Aspergers books

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There have been several sources reporting that Adam Lanza had books on Aspergers and Autism in the house
http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nati ... 0164.story

"In addition to the weapons, officials said they found books about autism and Asperger's syndrome in their search. Lanza had been diagnosed with Asperger’s, a form of autism. Officials also said they found a guide to shooting produced by the National Rifle Assn., which has led to a fierce lobbying effort to block new gun-control legislation."

Here's a link to a list of all the search warrant items in the house including books:
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03 ... senal?lite

Disturbing he also has a photographs of a dead body wrapped in plastic with what seems blood. Photographs? As in they were developed by whoever took them.. hm

Okay, in responding to this obvious tragedy . .

We should try and listen with an open heart, which is hard, hard work.

And respond briefly and matter-of-factly, perhaps like, people who are aspie tend to be logical (and killing a bunch of people who have nothing to do with nothing is anything but logical!)* And we probably don't even need to say this second part, but just let people pick up on this. And actually, a lot of our fellow citizens or at least enough of our fellow citizens are good on issues of nondiscrimation and we need to kind of bank on this.

* And even this might be arguing too much and we want to under-argue. Okay, 1 out of 100 or 1 out of 88 persons is on the autism spectrum. With a world population of 6 billion more or less that means approximately 60,000,000 persons on the autism spectrum. A group of 60 million, you're going to have some horrendously bad actions, sadly, probably, may not but only if you get reasonably lucky. A few tremendously bad actions does not reflect on the entire group.

I have read that a person who is schizophrenic is actually less likely to commit a crime than is a member of the general public, and actually the person with schizophrenia is more likely to be victimized. Now, one subcategory, persons who have paranoid schizphrenia are more likely to commit a crime but only marginally so. And thus, we come to the not very remarkable conclusion that we should treat people as individuals. And I think we do a very good thing in standing up for other people. We're not just selfishly standing up for ourselves. We're also standing up for other people who are different in different ways and saying, hey, let's not be automaticallly afraid of something which is different.

There was also a gift card his mother gave him. Inside was a check for, surprise-surprise, a gun.

He had a book by the NRA, how convenient.

Too bloody convenient.

Guess that means I should get rid of my books on the subject??

Or at least hide them in a box in the closet, under the out-of-season clothes and the mending basket, next to the boxes of books on non-Christian religions and self-reliance.

Oh, goodness, no. We don't read about those horrible people with something missing from their diseased minds in this house...

So very, very, very tired...

In the news, someone who murdered a whole heap of people had various "things" in the place he lived. Wow, that must be a first.

In other news, everyone lives in a place that has various "things".

One of the books he had was the book "Look Me In The Eye" that was was written by John Elder Robison about his life with AS that wasn't diagnosed until he was 40 yrs. old! The author even wrote an article on his blog about his reaction to the news reports of Adam Lanza possibly having AS. He is also the father of Jack Robison, who is the co-host of Autism Talk TV with WP founder Alex Plank, along with his girlfriend and other co-host Kirsten Lindsmith.

I have a lot of overlap with that list; less NRA paraphernalia and no murder pictures though.

Do they know those AS books were Adam's?

IIRC His Mom was a teacher, would not be surprised to have books on disablities in a teachers libary.

I like what John Elder Robinson had to say on it.

I'm curious if they only listed objects/items that they found somehow relevant to the case? Nothing like: Dirty Socks, partially smelly? I'm tired of seeing video games connected to murder in other incidences, so seeing the x-box listed there as well it looks like they were just throwing the media something to add to the story (and the "custom built" PC).

A C183 is a Kodak EasyShare camera. there is no such thing as a C183 firearm.

Also, the inventory of items is for what was in the whole house and car and that particular list does not break down what was possessed by who. The NRA literature is made to sound bad, but they mostly teach safety and target shooting and hunting.

In his mind killing kids may have been logical. Even logic can be subjective.

I'm also curious what's up with the .45 ammo? According to the official story there wasn't a .45 involved or even one on the scene or at the Lanza's house!

I noticed that too. Guy had a 10mm auto but no .45.

I'm starting to think at this point, the media is intentionally encouraging stigmatism whenever the opportunity presents itself. Why go the lengths they do otherwise? After all brainwashing the public with ideas that all autistic people go shooting sprees just gives them more ratings and more ideas for news stories to garner more ratings.

Pretty much. You just have to look at the list of "things" they focus on so much in comparison to just stating the obvious (i.e., Adam Lanza did a bad thing and all of the blame should fall on him -- anything else is immaterial, even if it appears tangential -- it's not though for the simple fact that there's a zillion other people out there with the same "things" who don't do bad things).

Mentally ill? Check.
Firearms? Check.
Other weapons? Check.
Computer games? Check.
Single mother? Check.

Morons. Utter morons.