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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Meet stigma head-on. People on the spectrum are much more likely to be the [u]targets[/u] of harassment and violence than the other way around.

Or to put it another way, if everyone with ASD was a gun-crazed murderer there would be nobody left on the planet.

This is truly a tragedy on multiple levels for this family and their community.

But it is not proof of some kind of link between ASD or mental health challenges and the rates of gun deaths in the US.[/quote]

Every single kid who does a mass shooting is also medicated for things like anxiety, depression, etc.

I think the issue is the pharmaceutical drugs and side effects on young men in particular, that are being glossed over that are the true cause of these mass shootings.[/quote]

I don't know.  Cho (VT shooter) was apparently not being treated for his psychiatric problems.  Adam Lanza's mom may not have been able to manage his medication - I read somewhere that he had retreated to his bedroom, blacked out his windows and was communicating with his mom via the internet.

I think that some of this is due to the fact that these are normal, regular parents trying to handle severe psychiatric illnesses all by themselves with no training, no support, little guidance.[/quote]
State of Connecticut wrote a report on Lanza. It's a case study of what not to do with an autistic kid.  He was obsessed with violence and was not being properly treated.  He was not recieving therapy or medication at the time and he was clearly showing signs of depression as he corresponded about his obsession on the internet. His mother allowed him to isolate himself for years despite professional advice not to do that.  The schools did not fulfill their positive duty to identify and address all areas of educational need.  And despite his obsession with violence (which his mother may not have fully appreciated) she gave him access to her guns and taught him how to shoot.[/quote]

I think anyone with common sense reading about Lanza's home environment would have realized that he was a ticking time bomb. [/quote]

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