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In reply to the discussion: "He was burning himself with a lighter" [View all]HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)14. Yes and their are also mutliple types of aggression
that are associated with a dozen or so different disorders. So it really isn't a straight path from he burned himself to he committed mass murder because he was autistic.
If we are going to arm the teachers and expect them to stand in the line of defense, shouldn't they also get full body armor, including helmets and face shields, and tactical radios clipped to their ears?
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I had read before that he had some sort of analgesic condition but didn't see anything else about it
Recursion
Dec 2012
#1
More crap about this story. F*ck those who somehow try to link autism and this tragedy.
Mass
Dec 2012
#2
Good post. Most of those reasons are being floated by the NRA to distract from the guns.
yardwork
Dec 2012
#30
An acquaintance put his son in a group home because he and his wife could not cope with tantrums
FarCenter
Dec 2012
#11
You missed my point. Went off seems like a description that characterizes the behavior
HereSince1628
Dec 2012
#23
Biting the nearest person or tossing a table is not the same as shooting your mother,
hedgehog
Dec 2012
#19
An excellent point. Not to mention that it isn't possible to shoot dozens of people within minutes
yardwork
Dec 2012
#35