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To: presently no screen name

“He has a girlfriend and drives and labeled autistic?”

I believe it was reported (earlier here on FR) that the brother (Ryan) had said that he (Adam) had a “developmental disorder” and I also recall something called “Asperger’s” being mentioned.

A google of “Asperger” led to this URL:
http://www.webmd.com/brain/autism/mental-health-aspergers-syndrome
…. which provides a detailed (2 pages) but easily read explanation of what that is, which seems to be related -remotely- to autism but in which the person may be quite functional, even moreso than someone with autism (specifically).

If that’s the case, Adam was probably reasonably able to drive, etc.

Again, he may have experienced “developmental” problems earlier on, but he seemed quite able to plan this and execute it.

Still a lot to be learned here. I sense it will be a few days before the whole story can be pieced together into a “followable timeline”.


24 posted on 12/14/2012 4:58:08 PM PST by Road Glide
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To: Road Glide

Thank you. That makes more sense - that it may be Asperger’s.


28 posted on 12/14/2012 5:18:53 PM PST by presently no screen name
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To: Road Glide
Asbergers, like autism, has a huge range of abilities....from college material genius types to very disabled, very delayed.....

but we always have to have a label on people...like its some kind of explanation...

there is NO explanation for what happened...NONE.....

29 posted on 12/14/2012 5:34:39 PM PST by cherry
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