Question for research purposes: Asperger Syndrome

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Shanny718
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17 Mar 2021, 7:36 pm

This is for research purposes for my research class.

Do young people with Asperger Syndrome or intellectual disability use social media and are they cyberbullied or cyberbullies in the same way as their peers?



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17 Mar 2021, 7:44 pm

Shanny718 wrote:
This is for research purposes for my research class.

Do young people with Asperger Syndrome or intellectual disability use social media and are they cyberbullied or cyberbullies in the same way as their peers?
First, welcome aboard!

Second, breaking down your question into its component parts would make it easier to answer.

1) "Do young people with Asperger Syndrome or intellectual disability use social media?"  Yes

2) "Are young people with Asperger Syndrome or intellectual disability who use social media bullied?"  Yes, many are.

3) "Do young people with Asperger Syndrome or intellectual disability who use social media become cyberbullies?"  Yes, some do.  Some others seem to already be adept at cyberbullying before using social media.

4) "Is this done in the same way as their peers?"  Yes, there seems to be a great deal of commonality among cyberbullies and their victims.


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17 Mar 2021, 7:59 pm

Fnord wrote:
Shanny718 wrote:
This is for research purposes for my research class.

Do young people with Asperger Syndrome or intellectual disability use social media and are they cyberbullied or cyberbullies in the same way as their peers?
First, welcome aboard!

Second, breaking down your question into its component parts would make it easier to answer.

1) "Do young people with Asperger Syndrome or intellectual disability use social media?"  Yes

2) "Are young people with Asperger Syndrome or intellectual disability who use social media bullied?"  Yes, many are.

3) "Do young people with Asperger Syndrome or intellectual disability who use social media become cyberbullies?"  Yes, some do.  Some others seem to already be adept at cyberbullying before using social media.

4) "Is this done in the same way as their peers?"  Yes, there seems to be a great deal of commonality among cyberbullies and their victims.



Thank you for your response. I just asked this question in that form because it’s the title from an article I had read. I didn’t think of it that way. Thanks again, for pointing that out.



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17 Mar 2021, 9:00 pm

Fnord pretty much answered it. :)


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