autism and agression

obviously right off we know this is a controversial and hard topic, but its something i really feel needs adressed for all of us.

i want to ask both sides, autistics and nts, what your views/thoughts on autism being connected with agression are;

first , for the nts who know /live with someone with autism who DOES have agression and sometimes violence,

for example, those with children who have 'tantrums that can result in violence and them lashing out, usually because of an autistic related stressor (hypersensitivty or misunderstanding of social experiences etc) as i have read a good number of those stories on this site, many of you have said you experience this

how do you feel when there are so many trying to distance autism from this issue, when those of us who live with it believer there is a connection? 

and for those of you with autism,

how do you feel about the connection made when you personally have never been agressive, lashed out or violent ?

and for those who have been agressivew, lashed out or violent, do you feel the connection is a fair one or unfair? 

as i said, i know this is a 'loaded' question, please try to be respectful when answering, thanks Laughing

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  • Hi someone,

    Think I know what you're getting at. Yes your question does bring out the defensive!

    However, iwould like to get to the bottom of it too. I am the softest, non-confrontational pacifist ever, but.... I have been aggressive and I know I'm likely to be aggressive again. I've hurt people, I hate myself for it and I don't know exactly why I 've done it. I've been physically beaten to pieces myself and found it perfectly reasonable but cannot justify hurting someone else. Only answer I can see is I've hurt people as a way of communicating - can't explain this - but it's like "I'm backed into a corner and I'm really scared and this is what it feels like"  

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  • Hi someone,

    Think I know what you're getting at. Yes your question does bring out the defensive!

    However, iwould like to get to the bottom of it too. I am the softest, non-confrontational pacifist ever, but.... I have been aggressive and I know I'm likely to be aggressive again. I've hurt people, I hate myself for it and I don't know exactly why I 've done it. I've been physically beaten to pieces myself and found it perfectly reasonable but cannot justify hurting someone else. Only answer I can see is I've hurt people as a way of communicating - can't explain this - but it's like "I'm backed into a corner and I'm really scared and this is what it feels like"  

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