The Myth of the Autistic Shooter

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Boo Radley
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12 Oct 2015, 9:47 am

NY Times Op-Ed piece related to autism and school shootings.

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12 Oct 2015, 10:14 am

Kudos to Andrew Solomon. :salut:

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12 Oct 2015, 10:20 am

Excellent article. I like this quote

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Some autistic people may not recognize why they cause distress; psychopaths don’t care that they cause distress. Autistic people may see the world from a singular, personal perspective; psychopaths are often cunning manipulators who act according to perceived self-interest without regard for the destruction they cause.

The fact that the word empathy is used to mean two different things causes a lot of confusion. For many NT's the two meanings are so closely linked that they don't even see that there is a difference. Consequently, aspies often get tarred with the same brush as psychopaths.

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12 Oct 2015, 12:07 pm

I can't believe we live in a day that this op-ed still needs to be written and/or shared, yet here we are...

Maybe some day people will listen to Autistic voices that say this exact thing everyday.

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12 Oct 2015, 3:51 pm

ASPickle wrote:

I can't believe we live in a day that this op-ed still needs to be written and/or shared, yet here we are...

Maybe some day people will listen to Autistic voices that say this exact thing everyday.

^^^^
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12 Oct 2015, 4:53 pm

MjrMajorMajor wrote:

Kudos to Andrew Solomon. :salut:

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14 Oct 2015, 7:38 pm

My fear is, no matter how many articles are written on the behalf of us with autism, a segment of the society are still going to have the notion that we have the potential to be "glassy eyed" murderers, without empathy or human emotions.

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