For clarification:
On a later recording he said: “How the **** could anyone treat a fellow person like people’s treated me. That’s a question you want to be asking, that’s what drives people to do this. Look at all the ******* things in the past . . . Columbine, Virginia Tech, numbers of others. All because of bullying and how people are treated.’
By saying in the header "for those who can't handle it" shows that it isn't the normal reaction, but that it in extreme cases it might happen. This is not to say that lots of people with Asperger's would react in this way, it is a rare reaction whoever the victim. But it does happen.
Society needs to wake up to the fact that reports (http://www.theinformationdaily.com/2012/05/21/autism-in-2012-75-of-secondary-school-age-children-with-autism-bullied) show 85% of people at the high-functioning end report being bullied. Schools need to take it seriously and autism awareness needs to take a front seat.
We cannot brush this kind of thing under the carpet because it's rare, all individuals involved have their lives severely affected when this type of extreme reaction happens, and it also damages autism perceptions because people will start assuming people on the spectrum are all going to do things like that if pushed (and I have read about this type of reaction happening directly to an innocent Aspie on another forum following a shooting by someone on the spectrum).
I'm not sure why you feel the reason for someone being bullied makes it different, bullying someone for their disability is discrimination yes, but it's still bullying and bullying takes many forms. Not all people that take this extreme course of action from having been bullied are on the spectrum, and there were two others involved in this case, it doesn't state they were on the spectrum.
This is why we need to discuss it, to ensure autism perceptions are not damaged by the fact that the individual has Asperger's, and he cites other well-known incidents that were carried out by people with Asperger's. People need to know we don't all do that but they also need to know that bullying is very wrong, must be stopped and in some cases, has awful consequences (and that includes people committing suicide or having breakdowns not only going on shooting sprees). Bullies should be called to account.
These reports are already on the internet, so they are freely available (as you know the media jumps on anything to sensationalise it and this is already sensational), there will be many forums discussing it, autism ones in particular.
For clarification:
On a later recording he said: “How the **** could anyone treat a fellow person like people’s treated me. That’s a question you want to be asking, that’s what drives people to do this. Look at all the ******* things in the past . . . Columbine, Virginia Tech, numbers of others. All because of bullying and how people are treated.’
By saying in the header "for those who can't handle it" shows that it isn't the normal reaction, but that it in extreme cases it might happen. This is not to say that lots of people with Asperger's would react in this way, it is a rare reaction whoever the victim. But it does happen.
Society needs to wake up to the fact that reports (http://www.theinformationdaily.com/2012/05/21/autism-in-2012-75-of-secondary-school-age-children-with-autism-bullied) show 85% of people at the high-functioning end report being bullied. Schools need to take it seriously and autism awareness needs to take a front seat.
We cannot brush this kind of thing under the carpet because it's rare, all individuals involved have their lives severely affected when this type of extreme reaction happens, and it also damages autism perceptions because people will start assuming people on the spectrum are all going to do things like that if pushed (and I have read about this type of reaction happening directly to an innocent Aspie on another forum following a shooting by someone on the spectrum).
I'm not sure why you feel the reason for someone being bullied makes it different, bullying someone for their disability is discrimination yes, but it's still bullying and bullying takes many forms. Not all people that take this extreme course of action from having been bullied are on the spectrum, and there were two others involved in this case, it doesn't state they were on the spectrum.
This is why we need to discuss it, to ensure autism perceptions are not damaged by the fact that the individual has Asperger's, and he cites other well-known incidents that were carried out by people with Asperger's. People need to know we don't all do that but they also need to know that bullying is very wrong, must be stopped and in some cases, has awful consequences (and that includes people committing suicide or having breakdowns not only going on shooting sprees). Bullies should be called to account.
These reports are already on the internet, so they are freely available (as you know the media jumps on anything to sensationalise it and this is already sensational), there will be many forums discussing it, autism ones in particular.
