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http://gawker.com/5968818/i-am-adam-lanzas-mother I actually found it pretty moving, but the backlash against the blogger has started up pretty hard. I do really wish the media would stop harping on the Asperger's thing, as whatever other mental issues Adam Lanza had, being on the autism spectrum does not increase one's propensity for violence. People with autism are absolutely capable of feeling empathy; they have difficulties perceiving it in other people, but that doesn't mean they can't feel it once they do understand. As opposed to a sociopath, who is perfectly capable of reading other people's emotions and exploiting them for to own benefit, because he doesn't have the ability to empathize. He can perceive it, but he can't feel it. And non-autistic people have difficulty perceiving what people with autism are experiencing, so it goes both ways. But either way, it doesn't lead to violence.
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