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TW: Autistic teenagers found guilty of heinous crime

Autonomistic
9 months ago

Trigger warning: knife crime and murder

I had not been following too closely the news reports about the tragic murder of Brianna Ghey. However on the news last night it stated that both of the accused are autistic and that has shocked me. This online news report states the the boy "has been diagnosed with selective mutism and autism spectrum disorder" and the girl "has traits of autism and adhd". They were described as 'high functioning' in court Slight frown

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-67727331

I find it impossible to comprehend how any autistic person could be capable of such a premeditated heinous crime and then to lie about it afterwards. 

The stigma against autistic people persists and news reports like this are not going to help with the negative perceptions some people continue to have. Sadly there are some people who believe that autistic people are in some way dangerous and should be locked away in institutions. Cases like this might damage public support for the NAS campaigns to release autistic people who are wrongly detained Pensive

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  • 9 months ago

    I agree with most of the comments here, I think it has nothing to do with autism (to some degree) maybe the attacker got triggered (haven't read the article) but to be fair, most autistic people, even those with less control, will not grab a knife and kill someone because they got frustrated.

    Besides, your article says knife. In the UK? Resulted in death? Oh: What a SURPRISE.  

    The UK is particularly known for the most murders involving knives, it did not need an autistic attacker to change that. A Stereotype but a fair true one.  

  • 9 months ago in reply to Kittera

    The pair of monsters that did this planned the attack in great detail and had a list of targets, not just the girl they actually murdered, and the attack itself was incredibly extreme and cruel.

    They may have ASD but there are obviously many other things deeply wrong with this pair.

    They should never be released from prison.

  • 9 months ago in reply to Amerantin (former member)
    Amerantin (former member) said:
    They may have ASD but there are obviously many other things deeply wrong with this pair

    Exactly.

    The number of individuals who premeditate murder is extremely small, across whole populations. Autism isn't an indicator, as far as I know.

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