The mainstream media has had a field day presenting reports concerning Adam Lanza, who is responsible for the school shootings in Connecticut, and his potential Asperger's syndrome. Experts have been quick to assert that there is no link between his form of disability, which is a mild form of autism, and violence. Geraldine Dawson, the Chief Science Officer of the nonprofit advocacy group, 'Autism Speaks,' as well as Professor of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill stated, "There really is no evidence that links autism or Asperger's to violence."
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