Mixed messages on Asperger's and the Connecticut school shooting

As someone diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome in 2010, Mahmood Thompson worried as rumors flew following the Sandy Hoot massacre about the mental health status of shooter Adam Lanza. There were reports that he was a shy teen with Asperger's syndrome, that he never looked people in the eye, and rarely talked to his peers.  Like Lanza, Thompson struggled in classrooms and was home-schooled.   But there is no medical evidence to link autism or Asperger's with violent behavior, and associating the syndrome with these crimes could serve to heighten the stigma of various mental illnesses.  Read the full piece by Thompson, on Youth Radio.