Published on 12, July, 2020
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
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
I think the two killers really are autistic because they are not very streetwise. They left all these messages in cyberspace to incriminate themselves.
I have often remarked about the incompetence of many criminals before commenting on the crime.
I reckon I’d be much more careful and that may be in part because of my logical systematising approach to things.
Just as well I’m a good guy who is somewhat rule-bound
Crime is something that is very hard to get away with in Britain. Because of CCTV. We are we are one of the most watched over populations in the world.
I could just smile while committing the crime, nobody would recognise me!
Anti-face recognition make-up = that is the way forward Robert, in my hopeful opinion!
I think that many of us autistic souls would look very appropriate with it....far more "otherly" than a hoodie.
It is worth having a Google to see?