wondering if people could be diagnosed wrong as aspergers

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i hear all these stories about people being violent criminals and then it is told that they have aspergers or other kinds of autism

people with aspergers and other forms of autism are supposed to be not violent and since these people seem to obviously intend to commit a crime then wondering if they had the doctor we should have had and instead of diagnosing wrong as not aspergers this doctor diagnosed wrong as actually having aspergers

the deliberate nature of the facts presented tells me they really are a anti social criminal and us true asperger people do not get what we should be getting with people trying to make us be what they are but not

this is just my theory but needs to be researched to see if a reverse getting it wrong attitude is happening

[Natalia Evans]

Aspies can be just as bad as anyone else. I read that 1 in 3 autistics are violent and did you ever hear about an 18 year old autistic guy accused of killing his mother? His name was Sky Walker and he was found unfit to stand for trial because he had a mind of a two year old so he was placed in a hospital or institution. The mother died from head injuries and I read she would lock herself in the closet as he would be pounding on the door. My guess was he had violent meltdowns and he hit her so hard she got injured and died from it. Some autistics have violent meltdowns.


It's possible to be misdiagnosed with AS because it has happened before. I never buy that committing a crime was caused by AS. But don't ever assume aspies can't commit crimes because they can. We aren't angels.

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i also have aspergers and so far all things i read about aspergers trying to learn about myself since people really do not want to answer any questions tells me the not violent but fight if threatened and this and those stories just made me start wondering

i would never do any of the things you hear in these stories

i just wanted to learn more about what i have so i can find ways to learn things people should have been teaching me but refuse to actually help me with things that is not just take these pills and also explain to myself exactly why i have trouble doing things

[Blasted]

i also have aspergers

Dude, this is an Aspie forum.  Most people here have Aspergers 

[ProfessorFarnsworth]

i also have aspergers

Dude, this is an Aspie forum.  Most people here have Aspergers 

Well I'm Autistic, if that's any relevance.

[Natalia Evans]

Lot of aspies get pissed when they hear about people on the spectrum committing crimes and doctors try to link it to their autism and their lawyers want to use it as a self defense in court. I used to see them pulling the "He doesn't have AS" card on the criminal. Now it's all about being pissed about making us look bad. Those aspie criminals are probably in the minority and the media makes things stick out more and make it look more common. That's what they have done with other criminals who kid nap or hurt kids and now lot of people are so paranoid they mistake an innocent man for being a pedophile and more people are paranoid about their kids being kidnapped. Heck it used to be safe for kids to ride city buses or go to movies on their own or safe to hitch hike. Now it's all unsafe and I got told it's not because crime had increased, people are just paranoid because the news had made it look more common. I used to not hear about kids being beaten in school by their bullies and then I started to hear about it when I was in maybe middle school and it seemed to be more common now. I am sure it's happened before my middle school years but they just didn't start broadcasting it until I was 14 because bullying was becoming to be serious and I think people realized it and decided something has to be done about it. Now I'm hearing about kids young as five being arrested in school for violence and I wonder what's changed or has that always happened? It's something I started to hear when I was in my late teens. They even arrested an aspie 8 year old girl in Idaho for fighting with the staff because she was trying to leave a room they put her in just because she wouldn't take off her cow jacket or tuck in the tail and tape down the ears.

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people should not quote out of context

i know this is a asperger forum and most people here have aspergers and was only trying to say what part of the spectrum i am on

[Callaway]

Some people with autism can be violent, just like many more people wth autism aren't.

But of course misdiagnoses happen sometimes.  I personally think that doctors are more likely to misdiagnose that someone doesn't have AS when they actually do than to say they have AS when they don't, though.

[matthe]

people should not quote out of context

i like pickles too

while i agree with you on the quoting out of context thing, this is a free speech forum, and people do far worse than going out of context, like editing others quotes, etc.

get used to people doing stuff that you think they shouldnt.

the good side of that is you can say anything we think you shouldnt.

[Phlexor]

I guess it's the double edged sword of wanting more media attention for our cause. We get the good with the bad. I really don't like the mentioning of the criminals alleged ASD DX if it has nothing to do with the crime. There are good and bad people on the spectrum like there are that aren't on the spectrum.

Basically it comes down to the good old 'The Devil made me do it' defence. Except none of us want the Devil to be names Aspergers etc.

[ProfessorFarnsworth]

Meh, the media these days is a cheap tabloid prostitute that regularly blows advertiser's cock everyday; while real journalism creeps in the dark alleyways at night, now a dying breed of the defiant.

So I wouldn't expect them to take us seriously, because it's now ratings and advertisers revenue that truly motivates their presses. If it doesn't contain enticements, endorsements, emotions, controversy or something to arouse primal interests, than it doesn't interest the media enough to bother with it. The only way you can get their attention is to appeal to them in the most powerful way possible, money, and lots of it.

[Blasted]

people should not quote out of context

i know this is a asperger forum and most people here have aspergers and was only trying to say what part of the spectrum i am on

I was not qoting out of context but simply highlighting.  If you don't like it, tough.

[Adam]

yes people can get misdiagnosed

yes aspies can be violent psychos

now let's get back to the spam and porn please

[ProfessorFarnsworth]

...porn please

With this being higher priority.

[renaeden]

yes people can get misdiagnosed

yes aspies can be violent psychos

now let's get back to the spam and porn please

Nothing wrong with posting about AS. There is already porn and spam on here. Unless your post is a joke, then