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MoonRiver

(36,926 posts) Sat May 24, 2014, 06:46 PM May 2014

Heard on the CBS news that Elliot Rodgers had Asperger's Syndrome. [View all]

No verification yet, but that might explain his social awkwardness and difficulty attracting the sorority girls he coveted. So much sadness in all this. I worked for many years with students diagnosed on the Autism Spectrum. They are awesome people but need an incredible amount of support. Those with Asperger's are sometimes the most overlooked and vulnerable because they appear pretty functional, but scratch the surface and many problems often exist.

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Heard on the CBS news that Elliot Rodgers had Asperger's Syndrome. [View all] MoonRiver May 2014 OP

I found them restful in a weird way Warpy May 2014 #1

Social skills training is mandatory. MoonRiver May 2014 #2

Yes, it is. Warpy May 2014 #5

I really don't like when people talk about murderers having Aspergers hollysmom May 2014 #3

There probably is no point in going there. MoonRiver May 2014 #4

understanding is good, curiousity is normal, but jumping to conclusions hollysmom May 2014 #12

As I posted on another thread, shanti May 2014 #6

Oh lovely. I'm a dx'd Aspergers kid and I've never ever wanted to kill anyone. hunter May 2014 #7

I know the feeling. And I guess you could say I "never learned to hate" anyone but myself nomorenomore08 May 2014 #8

I'm a paleontoligist in my deepest self. hunter May 2014 #9

Something to be said for taking the long view. n/t nomorenomore08 May 2014 #10

I vow to you that I would read your memoirs Tom Ripley May 2014 #13

"it's a shame the kid wasn't a pothead, he wouldn't have been so tightly wound." Ex Lurker May 2014 #11