I've never seen that movie.
Had you heard of it? It was getting attention for its odd premise. A lot of audience members had misconceptions about autism, and it appears the movie didn't do the best job of clearing them up, despite being surprisingly accurate.
In my opinion, the problem is the movie didn't *explain* nearly enough.
In my opinion, the problem is the movie didn't *explain* nearly enough.
No, I don't think I have. Probably not the best idea to make a movie about someone with Autism killing people when there's already the misconception that people with Autism are killers.
The misconception only comes from Adam Lanza and Elliot Rodger, but sadly that's two killers in two years.
Of course, most people don't make the obvious connection that if autistics are 1 in 45 of the population (including the whole spectrum), and TWO carried out mass shootings, that means that 1 in every 3 million autistics is a mass shooter. Personally, those odds are in our favor.
Of course, most people don't make the obvious connection that if autistics are 1 in 45 of the population (including the whole spectrum), and TWO carried out mass shootings, that means that 1 in every 3 million autistics is a mass shooter. Personally, those odds are in our favor.
Unfortunately, it's the big events, like mass murders that make the news so it seems like a certain group of people are all that way. It's why Muslims and Arabs have been experiencing prejudice and discrimination since 9/11 and why police officers' lives are now in danger because of cases of police brutality that make the news. The media seems to make people stupid; they often don't think for themselves and let the media think for them. Most people don't put in the logic that there are two people with Asperger's who are killers but millions of people with Asperger's so there's a very small percentage of people with Asperger's (probably less than 1%) that are killers.
People definitely are influenced by the simple stereotypes they're exposed to repeatedly. It doesn't help.
It's said that actually living with and knowing a member of the group you're afraid of (better yet, many members) helps tremendously in reducing prejudice and creating more understanding - on both sides.
It's said that actually living with and knowing a member of the group you're afraid of (better yet, many members) helps tremendously in reducing prejudice and creating more understanding - on both sides.