According to a lawyer representing the Rodger family, alleged Santa Barbara mass shooter Elliot Rodger was “a high-functioning patient with Asperger syndrome” who “had trouble making friends.”
@D_HamptonInn @marissacetin @IfMat “Peter Rodger, said his son was diagnosed with "highly functional Asperger's syndrome" as a child.”
— Colin Cornaby (@colincornaby) May 24, 2014
https://twitter.com/theresadough/status/470336369428951041
Attorney for the family of the alleged shooter says Elliot Rodger was being treated by multiple professionals for Asperger's Syndrome
— Tom (T.J.) Wait (@CBSLATom) May 24, 2014
https://twitter.com/thezebra13/status/470339201787912192
Many don’t want to hear Asperger’s syndrome used as an explanation or excuse for the shooting, though.
https://twitter.com/aviolentlife/status/470346657209401344
https://twitter.com/CathArm/status/470298058874703873
Elliot Rodger: Asperger's Syndrome To Be The Scapegoat For The Santa Barbara Shooting Like Adam Lanza? – http://t.co/9qQES7jQe7
— The Inquisitr (@theinquisitr) May 25, 2014
Asperger's Syndrome does NOT cause people to do what Elliot Rodger did.
— Helena Wayne Huntress (@HelenaWayneBlog) May 24, 2014
it's AMAZING to me that we have Elliot Rodger on FILM saying he's doing this b/c girls wouldn't date him but people are blaming Asperger's.
— Queen Steen (@skelesteen) May 24, 2014
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@Kathy90250 It has NOTHING to do with his Asperger's. Asperger's does not cause violence. Rodger was involved in a community that encouraged
— Queen Steen (@skelesteen) May 24, 2014
I've gotta take to my keyboard on this one. Shame on Gawker for talking about Rodger's Asperger's syndrome. Asperger's didn't make him kill
— the homie kafka (@awkwardseance) May 24, 2014
And now that everyone will be passing off Rodger's behavior as "just another crazy kook" demeans and oppresses people with Asperger's
— the homie kafka (@awkwardseance) May 24, 2014
https://twitter.com/multisensorymel/status/470356614802059264
If you're a journalist and you're blaming Rodger's crime on Asperger's, you are not doing your job.
— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) May 25, 2014