Originally Posted by ultramarina
I admit, I found my heart sinking when I read that the killer had an ASD and was extremely bright.

Ohhh... me too. My stomach is still in knots about it.

The first sight of the word "gifted" in connection with AL sent me scouring the internet looking for as much info about him as I could find, trying to pin point what makes him different from all the other ASD/HFA/AS/2e people out there who are NOT MENTALLY ILL.

How do we undo the public perception damage this has done to those with Aspergers?


Originally Posted by ultramarina
and because it frightened and freaked me out on a gut level. DD doesn't have an ASD diagnosis, but we haven't ruled it out.

Me too, and same here. I'm ok with this now, though, because I've spent the last 2 days reading every scrap of text I could find about AL and I've come to the conclusion that he's very, VERY different from my two kids.

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