By the nunbers we are very trackable. The murder rate is now 5.5 per 100,000. Taking 10%, our current number, 0.5 to 0.7 murders a year would be a norm for this group. In murder/suicide only the murder counts, so that is "ONE" in the life of WP.
Considering what a hardened lot of ASers are here, Dxed, card carrying, we are at 50% to 70% of the murders expected in a group this size. Considering the co-morbid conditions that are mentioned, not Pure AS here, and the incitement we get from the world, that is low.
I would give a grade of 75% of expected performance a "C-". And I would credit most of that to other Dxs, not AS.
I relate to this place, but get nothing from the VT shooter, not of my tribe.
For predominate AS, a normal aspie, now theres a term, I would think a murder rate of 5% of the general population would be very high. Aspies are about as dangerous as Third Graders, or Nuns.
This is why we have to self define, collect numbers, do PowerPoint Presentations.
My guess would be a very low crime rate, high educational levels, high IQ, and outside of IT, a leading role in industry.
Of the 2,000,000 in the US now, most of us just blended in and made a good life. We were normal but odd people till 1994. I think that was the same year Gay people were removed from the Sacred DSM, and made suddenly sane. There was a blank to fill, with a Mystery Disability. AS was invented in 1994 to keep those jobs in Psychobabble, when after all they had done, those ungrateful Gay people rejected them.
WP is now up to 0.05% of American aspies, and England and Austrailia supply a lot of the troops. Out of that little bit, the worst I think, 0.05% are whiners and complainers, the rest would rather be AS. So many of the life stories here make me feel lucky, they went through some bad stuff, but are still great people.
99,9% of aspies just grew up, got an education, jobs, married, became home owners, had kids, started businesses, and did just fine. We are great!
The kids here will follow their path, almost all will find their way.
The problem is our Advocacy Group is CAN, who do you think played Geraldo into the game, and set up Alex, who could not refuse. Happy healthy aspies destroy their master plan. They are raising money to exterminate us, they villify us every chance they get. Their jobs depend on it.
This is not a time for puppies, this is a Machavellian game, and we are really great at games.