Alek Minassian: Difference between revisions

Alek was reported to have aspergers (before aspergers was merged into the autism spectrum), took special needs classes, and was known by students for making cat noises out of the blue. His autism is something literally no one in the media will touch with a 10 foot pole for some reason.  Marianne Kristiansson, PhD, professor of forensic psychiatry at Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden has attempted to explain why so many young men who have commited spree killings have autism, and while not condoning or forgiving the killings, separating former autistic killers from psycopaths by explaining how autists have a hard time with verbal communication of deep frustrations.<ref>https://www.webmd.com/brain/autism/news/20121218/aspergers-violence#2</ref>