To do that you have to get the experts to include people at the able end of the spectrum in their researches.
You have to get better understanding of bullying in schools.
Most of what you'll find on anti-bullying websites is about physical bullying, extortion, and name calling, as well as internet and mobile phone bullying. A huge amount of money was spent about six years ago in research studies on the use of the "gay" or "***" tags which cause undoubted misery to many and contribute to suicides.
I haven't found any studies on bullying in relation to autistic spectrum. And given so many people on the spectrum report the problem, that's really remiss.
Until you have sufficient understanding of bullying and autism I cannot see anything to be gained by speculating about whether bullied kids (let alone bullied kids on the spectrum) have any predisposition to becoming mass murderers.
I just think its irresponsible, and could lead to more popular myths about autism, rather than anything remotely beneficial.
To do that you have to get the experts to include people at the able end of the spectrum in their researches.
You have to get better understanding of bullying in schools.
Most of what you'll find on anti-bullying websites is about physical bullying, extortion, and name calling, as well as internet and mobile phone bullying. A huge amount of money was spent about six years ago in research studies on the use of the "gay" or "***" tags which cause undoubted misery to many and contribute to suicides.
I haven't found any studies on bullying in relation to autistic spectrum. And given so many people on the spectrum report the problem, that's really remiss.
Until you have sufficient understanding of bullying and autism I cannot see anything to be gained by speculating about whether bullied kids (let alone bullied kids on the spectrum) have any predisposition to becoming mass murderers.
I just think its irresponsible, and could lead to more popular myths about autism, rather than anything remotely beneficial.
