Shelzin
Equal Opportunity Asshole
- Jul 15, 2012
- 7,610
- 4,171
- 928
- Banned
- #101
Include yourself in the education if you can't remove yourself from the personal experiences yourself in which to make a judgement. Are you seriously trying to say that his mental make up had no effect on his actions, and that his Asbergers has no effect on said mental facilities?Asbergers typically is not treated with medications.no ,it was most likely the drugs they where treating him with
Has there been much research into the way that drugs used to treat Asperger's can effect a person?
As someone who spends plenty of time with a 14 yo boy with Asbergers, some of what folks have said in this thread is beyond mean and ignorant. Just like autism, Asbergers also has a range of how severe it is. When the boy was visiting us this weekend, we made it a point not to have the news on because he is sad about what happened and is scared that he is doomed to do the same. Thank you media.
As far as any lack of empathy is concerned and where it concerns this boy, that is utter bullshit. Not ALL Asbergers kids lack empathy. In fact, sometimes I believe this boy may have too much. He is quite upset when he sees other children ridiculed. When I hurt my leg (and he doesn't care for me too much....his dad's fiance and all that), he kept coming into the room and asking if my leg still hurts.
he is obsessed about certain topics - baseball stats, for example. He knows them better than anyone on earth, I imagine. He does need time to retreat to his room. He does say inappropriate things at times, too.
However, when his parents learned about his Asbergers, they made a concerted effort to always change his routine. He would have meltdowns, but they hugged and assured him that it was OK. He still likes routine, but it has been a long time since he had any meltdown about a change in it.
He has friends....few, but he has them. His parents had him play LL baseball from T-ball age up until 10-13 yo majors.
He is an incredibly caring person about others - doesn't like bullying to other kids and cared about my hurt leg (even though I'm not one of his favorite persons). But, he hates hugs. Yeah, he can be a shit at times, but I...me...have to remember not to take it personally.
Maybe he is a mild case, maybe what his parents did when he was young made a difference, maybe both.
But, since I have known him, I have read up on Asbergers a lot so that I could understand how to relate with him. I have no knowledge of Asbergers being correlated to violence and/or sociopathy.
I believe the media and many others are being irresponsible about this and should inform themselves more on the syndrome before they comment on it.
JMHO and just my personal experience.
I don't like hypocrites. Even ones with good hearts. Just as dangerous as the people who actually admit that they are pricks out to get you.