tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33052404.post7468469128791196537..comments2024-02-13T21:31:57.980-04:00Comments on Facing Autism in New Brunswick: Autism and the Criminal LawAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05838571980003579163noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33052404.post-44567186392789656982008-01-24T14:18:00.000-04:002008-01-24T14:18:00.000-04:00As a person on the autistic spectrum, I am, like y...As a person on the autistic spectrum, I am, like you, leaving it up to the courts to decide whether that young person (along with others of similar situation) should be tried or not put on trial for "psychiatric" reasons.<BR/><BR/>However, it would be, as you say, informative if others, such as Dawson, Baggs, or Sinclair would comment on this issue.<BR/><BR/>Personally, I have been verbally assaulted right online by other autistics for my stand on many issues. I am at a loss as to why other autistics cannot seem to appreciate differences of opinion--that what they say has to be not so much respected as revered, and any questioning of their posts is seen as "berating" them, which is not true in any case. <BR/><BR/>I find that Simon-Cohen's ideas of the "extreme male brain", that of ultra-logic in comprehending life to be the closest answer, so far, in the mystery of understanding autism. With each autistic individual having such extreme logic, it's no wonder that both deep scientific comprehension of nuclear physics and "meltdowns" can come from the same person.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com