Man not sent to jail due to having AS.

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http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/lo ... ubsection=

I just wish there was more case study about the person.

To be honest, I don't believe that he should be exempt from punishment due to AS. That had nothing to do with masturbating in front of a 9 year old, and looking at child porn. Sure, maybe he wasn't the best socially with ladies, but does this grant him to right to do something like that? It does scare me that they blame the AS for his act, and desire to treat it, but instead, they should focus on the current problem.

i know people with more severe problems then AS that know what he did was wrong.. maybe the judge didn't want to become known as 'the guy who sent the autistc man to jail'... or these other psych problems are a lot worse then the article makes them out to be. He should not get special treatment just because of aspergers.

I don't like the idea of a guy like that getting away with it. I hope he doesn't repeat.

I also don't like the association with autism and / or aspergers. I don't think it is an aspie thing to do. How come he didn't know everything he did was wrong? What was wrong with his parents / carers?

Why don't they blame some of the other problems he's got for what he did?

Think about what would happen if that aspie man actually went to jail! He'd be completely brutalized on a daily basis. He'd be stabbed with rusty metal objects, beaten for no reason, kicked in the stomach, anally raped, have his teeth knocked out, burned with cigarettes, have his food and water taken away by his cellmates, hit on the head, and... fill in the rest with your imagination.

My question to you is this: do you think he deserves ALL THIS for doing something he didn't fully realize was hurtful to the girl and socially unacceptable? I fully agree with the judge on this one, although something harsher, like house arrest for six months would have been fair too.

Aspie1

There are jails and there are jails. A minimum security jail in Australia is more like a boarding house than what you describe. Some "inmates" even get to go home on the weekends.

The percentage of people in jail who actually have mental health problems in Australia is extremely high, it's like jail has become our idea of mental health care. I suspect it is just the same in the States.

Given what this particular person did, it could be that he's the one doing the inappropriate activities in jail rather than being the victim. Some aspies grow up very big.

Has anyone seen the documentary "Deadline" about the prison system?

A good judge will try to get someone off by using any means possible, and if that means calling something aspergers, then so be it. A bad judge will lock someone up and throw away the key. Prison systems are based principally on Freudian psychology, and they are in effect a complete bastardized effect on social manipulation and control. They are based on revenge and have little to do with rehabilitation. Freud talked about "reward versus punishment" concepts, and these concepts are not supported by a large degree of mainstream professionals these days, however conservative vultures, who have nothing better to do than ram their vision of hatred and control down the public throat, will engage this sort of thinking to satisfy their fascist constituents. I think that Freud and Skinner are the only psychiatric professionals the prison-loving conservative culture really understands!

There was a similar discussion that came up in my aspie support group last month. To be honest, I couldn't believe some of the stuff that the aspies there were saying. The last I read, aspies are supposed to think rationally, and quite frankly ... these sorts of views are strictly emotion-related and are based on vengeance.

I, however, don't like the idea of exhibitionism and similar behaviors being linked to AS, since I don't see any evidence that they are linked. Aspies, however, sometimes have trouble expressing empathy and don't learn from past mistakes as easily as our NT brethren. A sexual dysfunction, however, is a seperate problem. It is a sickness, however.

- Ray M -

I found it wrong how the reporter specifically mentioned Asperger's Syndrome, while referring to the man's other disorders as "diverse psychological issues" or somesuch. It's as if the reporter is trying to steer the reader away from the real issue, as if he has a personal vendetta against aspies. I wouldn't mind reading what the judge really had to say.

I complained to the newspaper itself through their online feedback form about the content of the article, and suggested they had the reporter actually read an article about AS before posting any more trash like this story.

I can explain everything I want to say in this post with one smiley .

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