NY POST CALLS ASPIE A KOOK

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Lawl. He IS a kook.

I'm not really offended by that, but as a journalist, it kind of saddens me to see such blatant unprofessionalism in using such slang to describe people.

I don't see what the issue with this is... he is a kook.

He is definitely a kook. But he could be a kook with the job of his dreams

I'm not at all surprised by this, given the fact that the NY Post's website is a place where you can always find comments along the lines of: "dood, wtf r we going 2 do with this muzzi, OBONGO SHOULD BE DEPORTED BACK 2 KENYAA!!"

its like having a villian that happens to have albioism, and then pople making the unwarrented connection that having it makes you a villian

NY Post uses plenty of shock journalism to attract viewers and readers. This is how they sell their papers since they cannot compete with, say, the NY Times.

But the article, itself, seems to portray this "kook" of a man as nothing less than endearing. The cops and the transit crew understand he's just a nice guy who has asperger's and who innocently wants to take the bus for a ride. The police even call him a "gentleman" who is "very smart."

Also, for the record, the journalists don't come up with the titles. Instead, some editor/title crew reads the articles and comes up with it. Kook is a funny word.

What a cool dude.

If anything he should be congratulated for constantly exposing security issues within these transport networks. I bet one of his mates employed there told him of the keys in the bus thing........

He's a kooky hero, I like him

While the guy is sort of a kooky hero and all the other positives said..... the question is not did he behave properly or with some merit.... the question is did a national newspaper act appropriately and within the bounds of the law? NO! There's this thing called the American Disabilities Act (like it or not we fall into that category). If he wanted to he could sue --- Persons with disabilities may behave all sorts of ways, but a newspaper can't call them a "kook" in the headline for crying out loud.

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Um, the ADA covers employer discrimination... it doesn't restrict the New York Post's right to say "Kook".

He is the working definition of a kook. What exactly is the issue? I don't see the problem at all. Can someone explain it? (Oh and do it without being oversensitive to the thief and of course without trying to imply that they called him a kook because of his Asperger's?)

I heard about this guy, they should give him a job.

Well a couple of people have suggested just giving him a job, the problem is that the subway company say no citing some legal or safety reasons.

I would reason that if they fear a law suit if he crashes a train then they should put him in a role where he could never prang a train. How about put him on track inspection, I know that a railway worker must walk along all rail track every now and then to do an inspection. Why not instead of using one man use the regular man plus this gentleman.

If they had him 1 day a week on track inspection, I am sure that they could then find four days worth of other work. I suspect that five days a week of inspecting rail track might even bore an aspie who is interested in railways so perhapes some rotation in duties would be a good idea.

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Diagnosed under the DSM5 rules with autism spectrum disorder, under DSM4 psychologist said would have been AS (299.80) but I suspect that I am somewhere between 299.80 and 299.00 (Autism) under DSM4.

He's too cool for NY.

He won't be hired because he has AS. Sadly, some people with AS need to experience their interest, rather than just reading about it and accumulating facts; enter the desire to experience it, but being unable to via normal means.... It doesn't exonerate him from what he did, but it lessens the punishment, as he's not intending to do anything other than play conductor.

He's no more a kook than anyone else with an ASD is. He just walks the walk without care for socially appropriate behavior (that's a diagnostic point).