Adam Lanza DID NOT HAVE ASPERGER SYNDROME

Adam Lanza was never officially diagnosed with Asperger syndrome. This news article officially states that Adam Lanza's mother and brother merely speculated that he had Asperger syndrome, and that he didn't have a confirmed diagnosis of Asperger syndrome. Please read this: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-204_162-57559600/aspergers-not-likely-to-make-people-violent-experts-emphasize/

Furthermore, Dr. Elizabeth Laugeson, an autism specialist at UCLA stated that "The vast majority of people with Asperger's are law-abiding citizens that don't act violently against others. I think it would be [b]sad to vilify a community because of the action of one person who hasn't been confirmed to have the diagnosis."[/b] There is no way that someone with Asperger syndrome or autism could have POSSIBLY carried out a mass shooting at an elementary school, or anywhere else. Nor could a person with Asperger syndrome or autism have shot a 6-year-old over 60 times People with Asperger syndrome are far too benign, pacifistic, and empathetic to go on mass shootings. As a clinical psychologist who as worked with ppl w Asperger's and autism, I KNOW THIS!!!! Also, refer to this article:http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/633688

Most likely, Adam Lanza was either a psychopath or a paranoid schizophrenic, and many articles have indicated that he could have been both. Highly conceivable.

vector4truth wrote:There is no way that someone with Asperger syndrome or autism could have POSSIBLY carried out a mass shooting at an elementary school, or anywhere else. Nor could a person with Asperger syndrome or autism have shot a 6-year-old over 60 times People with Asperger syndrome are far too benign, pacifistic, and empathetic to go on mass shootings. As a clinical psychologist who as worked with ppl w Asperger's and autism, I KNOW THIS!!!!

I agree with you general sentiment, but these quoted statements are laughable. People of many different personalities and psychiatric conditions have committed murder, including people diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome. That of course does not necessarily mean that people with Asperger's Syndrome are inclined to commit murder, or that they're more likely to commit murder than any other group of people. But I'm dismayed if you are a clinical psychologist and you think a diagnostic label implies that a person cannot possibly go on a mass shooting. People can have Asperger's Syndrome in addition to other psychiatric conditions, as I would hope you know.

The article does not say they are speculations, officially or otherwise.
I find it strange that you would use one incident like that to diagnose someone. The idea that all killers are psychopaths or paranoid schizophrenics is pretty much as laughable as the one that all autists are saints.
What the article does say is that there is no particular connection, basically the contrary of what you are saying. Not that you would need a media article if you were truly what you claim to be in order to know that.

OneRinger wrote:The article does not say they are speculations, officially or otherwise.
I find it strange that you would use one incident like that to diagnose someone. The idea that all killers are psychopaths or paranoid schizophrenics is pretty much as laughable as the one that all autists are saints.
What the article does say is that there is no particular connection, basically the contrary of what you are saying. Not that you would need a media article if you were truly what you claim to be in order to know that.

I agree completely. It is rather asinine (and hypocritical) to shift the stereotypes and blame onto another group.

It would not have mattered if Adam Lanza had Aspergers, Autism, or what other kind of mental illness. My son has Aspergers, that doesnt mean he is going to run into a school and start shooting people. If that were the case, the whats the excuse for the Columbine killers, or Paducah's Michael Carneal....they didnt have Aspergers. I just think the original poster must have or know somebody is on the autism spectrum to over-react like that. And who knows....from the characteristics described by his family...he may very well have had Aspergers.

It's kind of offensive to me that people don't even seem interested interested in understanding cultural and social/environmental factors that lead to rampage shootings. So much easier to just say "creepy evil person" and do everything you can to distance yourself. He couldn't possibly have asspergers! I don't want my innocent label tarnished with a killer!

Chances are the situation could have been different in a million different ways and the exact same kid would have been completely harmless. Something was allowed to happen that put that kid under extraordinary stress and the family seemed screwy to me. Just a bad feeling about the mother.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tag/adam-lanza-aspergers

psychology is not an exact science

javert wrote:

vector4truth wrote:There is no way that someone with Asperger syndrome or autism could have POSSIBLY carried out a mass shooting at an elementary school, or anywhere else. Nor could a person with Asperger syndrome or autism have shot a 6-year-old over 60 times People with Asperger syndrome are far too benign, pacifistic, and empathetic to go on mass shootings. As a clinical psychologist who as worked with ppl w Asperger's and autism, I KNOW THIS!!!!

I agree with you general sentiment, but these quoted statements are laughable. People of many different personalities and psychiatric conditions have committed murder, including people diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome. That of course does not necessarily mean that people with Asperger's Syndrome are inclined to commit murder, or that they're more likely to commit murder than any other group of people. But I'm dismayed if you are a clinical psychologist and you think a diagnostic label implies that a person cannot possibly go on a mass shooting. People can have Asperger's Syndrome in addition to other psychiatric conditions, as I would hope you know.

bulls eye!!!!

Any one and every one can commit murder. It's not limited to any certain group or mental illness. Any one can snap, even Gindi. And furthermore no group is exempt from murder. Killing is just as natural as giving birth and just as old.

and he wasn't even BLACK

You are just ingorant. Not having an official diagnosis doesn't automatically mean you don't have Asperger's Syndrome. It is a biological condition, just because you get diagnosed doesn't mean it magically appeared. Adam Lanza showed strong traits of Asperger's and doesn't match the criteria for psychopathy. Just because you kill someone doesn't make you a psychopath, you obviously have no knowledge on this at all and citing random news articles suggests this further. Most psychopaths actually never kill someone. Finally, just because you have Asperger's doesn't mean you are unable to kill or do terrible things. Many mass murderers such as Adolf Hitler or Ted Bundy had Asperger's Syndrome.