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Originally Posted by KSUViolet06
Putting on my SPED grad student/SPED lab school teacher hat for a minute:
It bothers me to hear media saying "it's believed that the shooter had Aspberger's."
That's exactly what we need, people who don't understand Aspberger's/Autism to start thinking that having Aspberger's = murderous rampages.
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Originally Posted by Kappamd
Oh god, I heard this earlier and just CRINGED. Such irresponsible reporting.
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This is what really disturbed us, too. I knew it wouldn't be long before we started hearing he was a "loner," "lacked empathy," "wasn't very social" and that it would be a short trip from there to "he may have had Asperger Syndrome."
