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Ouch. That headline puts us in a bad light. Worse, it doesn't even convey any new information as people with Aspergers tend to be more concentrated in the compu
by gcr 15y ago
Ouch. That headline puts us in a bad light. Worse, it doesn't even convey any new information as people with Aspergers tend to be more concentrated in the computer sciences than other fields. Who hacks into things? Likely only computer scientists. But you knew that already. What you didn't know is that people with Aspergers are going to hack your website! Alert the presses! "Aspergers made do it! Mein leben!"
This headline is like saying "Rape suspect deemed to be a homosexual!" Even though it may be true in many cases, everyone infers the wrong association from it.
I'm disappointed the BBC chose to frame it this way. They could have conveyed the same information by focusing on what he did, not what they think caused him to do it.
- bchjam 15y agoI agree. They didn't even say anything about asperger's in the article, it was just stuffed in the headline and synopsis. Using mental health conditions as link bait can't be good for the stigma of those who suffer with them.
- elmindreda 15y agoThe solution will never be to only show happy shiny aspies; rather it's to let people see how incredibly diverse the group of people carrying that (or any other) label is.
- true_religion 15y agoPerhaps in an objective world that's true, but in reality people remember the bad more than the good unless they're talking about their own personal history. To see where this can lead us: People remember sociopaths as serial killers, and snakes in suits and not the merely maladjusted people they bump into everyday.