14 dead, 50 wounded in shooting at Colorado theater

[aishah]

Originally Posted by Martina

Why would anyone suspect he was autistic?

msnbc has speculated that he is. i can't say why, other than the idea that autistic teenagers and adults are somehow inherently violent, which has been reinforced by autism $peaks and some news organizations such as the washington post in recent years.

perhaps it's also the issue of people randomly attributing certain personality traits to autism - like the fact that this guy was seen as "standoffish" or "antisocial." plenty of people are standoffish and anti-social...it doesn't automatically mean they have a developmental disability.