The New Image of Autism?

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I've brought up this topic in posts, though most seem to shrug it off for some reason. Well, I find it disturbing and feel that this sort of thinking (that I'm about to bring up) should stop before it becomes more of a stigma than it already is/has.

So, I was watching Dr. Phil today and a raging kid was the topic. Here's the promo (sorry, there's no clips other than this one yet):

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-5MLzQMJos&list=PLFBFCB6C894832878&index=3[/youtube]

I don't know how many of you watch the show or saw this episode, but toward the end of the show Dr. Phil was of the opinion that the kid has autism, and it seemed to me that he based his opinion on singular evidence (the kid played with box cars still), and the violent tendencies of the kid which honestly seems to border more on sociopathy than autism.

I'm no expert but honestly I don't see how they got that opinion from just a few things, one of which isn't necessarily autistic at all (violent behavior). It was stated by the father that the kid, when growing up, showed no remorse after attacking another kid when he was 6. The kid communicates just fine, though his thinking is more like a 6 year old's thinking (as stated by dr phil also).

I bring this info into the topic for two discussions:
1. What do you think about the kid in this episode (if you saw it)?

2. There seems to be a new trend to point at the autistic spectrum when violence has occurred. I for one, do not like that people are getting this warped view because it paints us all (on the spectrum) as potential violent criminals when the reality is the opposite. What do you think about it?