A preliminary study of individuals with autistic spectrum disorders in three special hospitals in England by Dougal Julian Hare - Clinical Psychologist, NAS; Judith Gould - Clinical Director, NAS; Richard Mills - Director - NAS Services, and Lorna Wing - Consultant Psychiatrist, NAS. *This work was carried out when working for the National Autistic Society at the Centre for Social and Communication Disorders, Elliot House, Bromley, Kent.

Abuse as it Affects People with Asperger's Syndrome and Autism

Abuse victims trapped in violent cycle by Maureen Boyle

Arrest For Seizure-Related Behavior 

Asperger’s Syndrome in Forensic Settings by Daniel C. Murrie, Janet I. Warren, Marianne Kristiansson, and Park E. Dietz 

Autism group paedophile 'disgust' - The National Autistic Society says it is "shocked and disgusted" at the case of a paedophile jailed for child pornography offences. Anthony Peter Luckwill, 31, from Carmarthen, was jailed for a total of 25 months at Swansea Crown Court. Luckwill attached himself to a local branch of an autism support group, claiming to suffer from Asperger's syndrome, and set up a website. The society said trust "was abused in the most appalling way".

Autistic boy banned from nativity play - A boy with special needs was left in tears after he was banned from his school's Christmas party. While other pupils at Northfield Manor Junior and Infants School enjoyed fun and games at the party, Ryan Lane was at home.The nine-year-old suffers from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism, which means he has behavioural problems by Jane Tyler - UK

AUTISTIC MAN FREED FROM NINE-YEAR HELL - "Piers Bolduc, aged 28, has Asperger's syndrome and was put on powerful drugs which he did not need and held at the hospital for the criminally insane from the aged of 19, despite not suffering from mental illness or being convicted of anything.  Asperger's is a mild form of autism. Sufferers sometimes display a fascination with death, and can be exceptionally skilled in various disciplines, including maths, art and music," by Bristol

Autistic Boy's Death Under Investigation - Who is responsible for the death of Kasey Warner? The battle lines appear to be drawn between Franklin County Children Services and an outside contractor. The 13-year-old boy died October 8 in a west Columbus group home for autistic children -- less than 48 hours after being placed there by Children Services. The public agency says a contract with ViaQuest Behavioral Health outlined care requirements that would have protected Kasey by 10 TV

'AUTISTIC' L.I. MAN ATTACKS SIS: POLICE -  A Long Island man with severe mental problems attacked his sister with a baseball bat after she told him he would have to move out of her house, police said yesterday.  Richard Simmons, 42, who suffers from Asperger's Syndrome, a disorder similar to autism, was being held without bail on attempted murder charges. "He became very upset because he has a hard time adjusting to change," said Suffolk Detective Lt. Gerard Gigante by the New York Post

Avoiding and Dealing With Conflict  University of Illinois Cooperative Extension (1994)

Bail over attempted abduction of girl, 8 by Glenis Green - Case involving Luke Hartnell Worland, 23, of Tewantin, dx. with AS.  5/11/2005

Billy Cottrell - Innocent, Guilty or Duped? - media coverage

Brother Says Alleged Imposter Doc Is Mentally Ill - Holliman Diagnosed Schizophrenic, Bi-Polar, Family Says by News 5 and ChannelCincinnati.com

Bullying American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - 2003

Bullying by school kids gets lawmakers' attention by Erin Madigam

Bullying: What Educators Can Do About It  Penn State University Cooperative Extension

Child Comes Home From School With Multiple Bite Marks - "...Five-year-old Paris, a kindergartner at Huntsville's Morris Elementary School, told her mom a boy bit her that day at school. According to Rogers, a teacher would later inform her Paris was held down by one student while the boy bit her. After seeing the bite marks, Rogers filed a police report. She also took pictures documenting a total of five bite marks by WAFF.com

Childhood Aggression: Where Does It Come From? How Can It Be Managed?  by DeBord, Karen

Childhood Exposure to Media Violence Predicts Young Adult Aggressive Behavior, According to a New 15-year Study - American Psychological Association 3/09/2003

Churchman jailed for exorcism death - A church elder was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison Tuesday for abusing an 8-year-old autistic boy who died in what prosecutors called an exorcism at a storefront church by CNN.com

Comment: Minette Marrin: How the carers hijacked an autistic man called Andrew - Last week I received a report I’ve been waiting for on an investigation by the local government ombudsman into a complaint against Bolton metropolitan borough council. It tells a disgraceful story. It’s about what happened recently to a vulnerable young man, referred to as “Andrew Taylor” to protect his identity. Andrew has Fragile X syndrome, which involves autism, a learning disability and epilepsy. So he has very complex and particular needs and is entitled to continuing care and support from the council by The Sunday Times - Ireland

Controlling Anger -- Before It Controls You by APA Online

Couple Make Suicide Pact over their AS Daughter - Media Coverage [UK]

District Settles In Iowa Mistreatment Case - A woman who claimed a special-needs teacher mistreated her daughter has been awarded $30,000 in a settlement with the Iowa City Community School District.  Mary Colony, 33, will be paid by the district's insurers, said Superintendent Lane Plugge. Colony claimed in the lawsuit in 2001 that Suzanne Falk, a special-needs teacher at Hoover Elementary School, caused bruises and cuts on Colony's 8-year-old daughter who has autism. Falk remains a teacher at the school, Plugge said.

Early Risk Factors Linked to Child Aggression by Amy Norton - Pediatrics 7/2004

Edison piano teacher guilty - "Benedict said the defense case was hampered because he and Brower were not permitted to make the jury aware that Burr suffers from Asperger Syndrome, a mild form of autism, which he said affects Burr's appearance, body language, motion and his behavior and interaction with people.  Had testimony about the condition been permitted, he said, it could have provided some insight about some "oddities" of his behavior and "would help explain some of the things that occurred." Benedict told Paley he would be filing a motion for a new trial.

Entering the weird world of Bob Durst by New York Daily News - Crime File

Genes Explain Why Some Kids Grow Up to Be Violent, Abusive -  Science Journal by  SHARON BEGLEY

Ex-mental health worker gets 4 years in sex assault by Carol Comego

Family, friends remember Parchment student - "When she thought about what her family might do to honor Michael Renner-Lewis III, Phyllis Martin thought about how she would remember the young man who died last fall at Parchment High School. ...Martin was one of about 80 people who gathered Friday for a memorial ceremony to commemorate the youngster, who died at school Aug. 25, 2003 after staffers had to restrain him when he became agitated. The autopsy report cited "prolonged restraint" as the cause of death, with autism and a previously undetected heart condition as contributing factors," by The Kalamazoo Gazette

Family Matters - Dealing with Anger in Relationships by Steve Duncan

Family with violent son to receive £60k compensation - A local authority which failed to support a family unable to cope with a violent teenager, was today told to pay £60,000 in compensation. The autistic youngster, now aged 18, lashed out at his parents and smashed up their home in fits of frustration while Surrey county council failed for more than two years to provide suitable support. The council was in breach of its duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of a child in care, the Local Government Ombudsman ruled. / UK

Four jailed for student's death after 'kangaroo court' / Four Japanese men have been jailed for three and a half years for beating to death a student at West Auckland's Columbus Academy following his interrogation by a "kangaroo court". - "...The judge said what happened was "horribly cruel". "He was particularly vulnerable, he was a small person and he was alone...his last hours must have been a time of complete terror." - New Zealand

Getting to the root of a teen's anger by MercuryNews.com

HE WAS AN AUTISTIC GENIUS .. SHE WAS A BISEXUAL FANTASIST. THE WEB BROUGHT THEM TOGETHER..THE WEB HELPED THEM FIND DEATH - They were lonely strangers living hundreds of miles apart until they met to die in Britain's first internet suicide pact. Fiercely intelligent finance officer Chris Aston, 25, was a PhD student from a settled middle-class home diagnosed as a child with Asperger's Syndrome, a form of autism. He overdosed four years ago. Mentally unstable Maria Williams, 42, was a tormented bisexual living in a graffiti- covered tower block. She lied to her friends about contracting leukaemia and had previously tried to shoot herself in the head, overdose and slash her wrists. In a different world they would never have met to feed each other's anxieties. They may even have survived their crises. Instead, they became hooked on sickening suicide websites that advised them how to die and finally linked them in death. They were found dead from carbon monoxide poisoning in a BMW in a South London car park. Ashes of barbecue coal littered the passenger footwell.By Daniel Boffey And Victoria Bone

Helping Young Children Cope with Anger by Sherry Jones

How to Stop Bullies by Dan Grover

Interview With Polly Mitchell - CNN Larry King Live - 4/07/2004 [transcript]

Jailed for molesting boy - An elderly woman who indecently assaulted a teenage boy in the street has been jailed after a judge said it was wrong to treat her differently to a man.  Hanora Hinksman, 63, was seen moving her hand up and down inside the lad's pants while clutching a can of lager in the other.  A passer-by called the police, fearing the 15-year-old, who suffers from autism, was being molested by Court Reporter - UK

LET'S ALL REPORT AUTISM RESPONSIBLY - I CAN still vividly remember the instant on April 26, 1999, when my wife, Kate, came sombrely into my study and said: "There's been some bad news. Jill Dando's been shot."

Life in prison  - Handyman pleads guilty in Tradd Street killing in bid to avoid death penalty by Herb Frazier - "Brown takes medications for bipolar disorder. He also suffers from a rare brain disorder called Asperger's Syndrome, which prevents him from understanding the social significance of his words and behavior, psychiatrist Morgan told the judge."

Living with Asperger's by Maxine Aston and Ruth Forrester

Man admits to making poison ricin - "Alberg has been diagnosed with depression and a form of autism called Asperger's Disorder, which can include severe impairment in social interaction and abnormally intense preoccupations," by the Associated Press

Massillon man charged with killing brother - "...Ellis has autism. He and Rodney Yoder lived in their late grandmother’s house at 544 Geiger Ave. SW, where a front-yard brawl turned deadly just after midnight Saturday."  By Benjamin Duer

Mental Health Crisis: More Violent Patients - Those who know murder suspect Richard Lentino tell Eyewitness News his bi-polar disorder made him a violent person. It's a trait, which is becoming prominent in the Valley by Brian Allen

Mom files suit over son's death on bus - "The mother of a Perry Meridian High School freshman killed last fall while he was riding on a school bus filed a lawsuit Friday seeking $300,000 in damages. ..."You send them to school thinking they're going to be safe, they're going on the bus, they're going to be safe," Garcia said in an interview. "They're not," by Vic Ryckaert

NB strategy failing autistic boy, Grit says - The fact that an aggressive autistic teenager is being held at a provincial jail -- even though he's done nothing wrong -- shows that New Brunswick does not have the facilities it needs to deal with such youths, the province's Opposition Liberal Leader said yesterday. Shawn Graham was responding to published reports that revealed the 13-year-old is living in a "jail compound" and will be sent out of Canada because there is no institution in New Brunswick that can handle him. "It just strikes home that this government does not have a strategy for dealing with autistic children in the province of New Brunswick," Mr. Graham said. The New Brunswick government is challenging the reports, stressing that the boy is not in jail. By KEVIN BISSETT

NEIU chief: Special chairs no inherent problem - In February -- nearly five months after the Lackawanna County district attorney's office began investigating allegations a teacher was tying autistic students to wooden support chairs -- parent Kathleen Walsh asked the Abington Heights School Board to remove the chairs from autistic classes by Lauren Roth

Neo-Nazi rented from Orthodox Jew - "Landlord, a labor camp survivor, surprised by hate material found in apartment. "...The older Lloyd said his son had been diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome, a neurobiological disorder that is a high-functioning form of autism. Persons with the disorder show marked deficiencies in social skills, have difficulties with transitions or changes, and prefer sameness, according to information on a University of Delaware Internet site named Online Asperger Syndrome Information and Support," by Steve Levin

Power play: The good, the bad and the ugly. by Reschke, Kathy

PRACTICE OF EXCLUSION RAMPANT AMONG TEENS, SOUTH BAY STUDY FINDS by Joyce Gemperlein - an article on bullying.

Rape of an Autistic Woman filed - "A former employee of a residential treatment program in Santa Barbara was in custody Tuesday on suspicion of raping and impregnating a woman suffering from severe autism.  Darren Boyer Thomas, a former night supervisor at Devereux, was being held in Santa Barbara County Jail in lieu of $60,000 bail, according to Sgt. Chris Pappas of the Sheriff's Department. Detectives collected a DNA sample from Thomas that matched the profile from the victim's unborn child, Pappas said," by the Lompoc Record

Rape should stay a secret, says school - A school kept secret the rape of a 14-year-old girl with learning disabilities because it believes parents have no right to know if their child has been sexually assaulted by David Fischer / New Zealand

Resolution on the Maltreatment of Children with Disabilities 

Robert Durst Media Coverage

School copes with death of student, arrest of two others - Crisis counselors will be at Sutherlin High School this week after the arrest of two 15-year-old female students who are accused of shooting a 14-year-old schoolmate.

SELHi in action / Greater fluency aided by higher frequencies - "...In a language lab, about 40 first-year students listened carefully through headsets to a portion of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland at Kanto International Senior High School in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, late last month. "Do you know what the story's about?" asked English teacher Kana Matsumura. Then she distributed printouts of the text with 20 blank spaces in it. Matsumura divided students into four groups and had them compete at filling in the blanks by listening to the tape again. The missing words included a lot of "R"s and "L"s," by Yoko Mizui

Should Health Professionals Screen All Women for Domestic Violence? / Background to the debate: The US and Canadian task forces on preventive health recently declared that there is not enough evidence to recommend for or against routine universal screening of women for domestic violence. Yet some experts argue that routine enquiry is justified by Ann Taket, C. Nadine Wathen, Harriet MacMillan

Should we be mad about movie madness? - How mental illness is portrayed in films is a hot topic by Daily News

Speaker explores why children turn violent - Early brain development is key, said therapist at Conference on Youth.The 16th annual Conference on Youth, sponsored by the Allen Superior Court’s Family Relations Division, drew the largest crowd ever and featured a discussion on childhood violence. Speakers and workshops at the Grand Wayne Convention Center on Wednesday gave opportunity for more than 700 people from youth-serving organizations to hear the latest information on everything from how media influences school performance, literacy and violence to one attorney’s story of overcoming the obstacles of attention deficit disorder and dyslexia. By Jennifer L. Boen

Special controls on teen killer set to stay in place - In its ruling, the family court concluded on the basis of a report compiled by experts that the boy suffers from Asperger's syndrome, a disorder that prevents him from successfully interacting with people by the Japan Times

Special education teacher accused of sex abuse - A special education teacher at a Belen Elementary school is behind bars, charged with sexually abusing a student, and police say the child has indicated there are more victims. Detectives are looking into the possibility that 38-year-old Michael Jaramillo may have targeted multiple children at Central Elementary School in Belen by KRQE News 13

Statement Concerning the Retraction of a Recent Domestic Violence Article - Letter / FAAAS

Stress And Aggression Reinforce Each Other At The Biological Level - Scientists may be learning why it's so hard to stop the cycle of violence. The answer may lie in the nervous system. There appears to be a fast, mutual, positive feedback loop between stress hormones and a brain-based aggression-control center in rats, whose neurophysiology is similar to ours. It may explain why, under stress, humans are so quick to lash out and find it hard to cool down. The findings, which could point to better ways to prevent pathological violence, appear in the October issue of Behavioral Neuroscience, which is published by the American Psychological Association (APA) by American Psychological Association

Suicide pact of web pair - Two people who died in a suicide pact planned their deaths after meeting on the internet, an inquest heard. Maria Williams, 42, of Bowditch, Deptford, and Chris Aston, 25, from Liverpool, killed themselves with a tray of barbecue charcoal - a technique often used in Japan but believed to be the first time it has been used in the UK. Their bodies were found by stunned shoppers in a red BMW in the car park of TK Maxx's Peninsular Park store in Bugsby's Way, Charlton, at around 7pm on February 23. ...The court heard Mr Aston was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome - a form of autism - and dyslexia as a child. / UK

Tarrant man in sex attack -  Tarrant man in sex attack  - A winner from TV quiz Who Wants To Be a Millionaire? walked free from court yesterday after admitting a violent sex attack on a woman. Miles Robson, 30 — who scooped £125,000 on Chris Tarrant’s show in 2001 — carried out the prolonged late-night assault after drinking heavily. The ex Co-op factory worker, who lives with his mother in Whitby, suffers from Asperger syndrome which leaves him unable to deal with social situations, Leeds Crown Court heard.  His victim, who was left bleeding and traumatised, asked for him to be helped rather than jailed.  Judge Paul Hoffman gave Robson a two-year suspended prison sentence and 12-month supervision order.  He told him: “You are to be pitied,” by the Online Sun

Teacher abuse worries parents of autistic kids in NC - Parents commit an act of faith every day when they send their children to school, trusting that teachers and administrators will take proper care of their offspring. That's especially true for parents of autistic children, some of whom can't speak for themselves when trouble arises. And a couple of recent cases alleging abuse by teachers are especially troubling for that reason by the AP

Teacher charged with abusing autistic pupils - "A special education teacher in northeastern Pennsylvania was charged Tuesday with abusing autistic students too disabled to tell their parents why they were coming home from school with bruises," by David B. Curuso

Teenager admits to murdering his sister / Faces a life sentence - "...In her statement to police, the mother said her son had taken prescription drugs from an early age because of Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). She said he left her home around age nine or 10 to live with his father for five years. He returned after the father slapped him in the face when he found his then 15-year-old son high on drugs," by Dave Battagello

Teens held over rape of special needs classmate - "...Police found that both the victim and the alleged perpetrators were "special-needs" students, and that the victim had been dating one of them. About six months ago, this boy told her that if she refused to sleep with him, he would no longer be her boyfriend. She therefore assented. The boy then summoned his friends and invited them to have sex with her as well," by Roni Singer

The articles A chronological list of the articles produced by The Standard-Times of New Bedford, Ma. following six months of investigating domestic violence.

The decision of the Lord Chief Justice of tariff in the case of Tahir Malik in accordance with the Practice Direction dated 27 July 2000 (The Times 9 August 2000).