A few months ago in this space, I cautioned against specuatlion that Virginia Tech killer Seung Hui Cho was autistic.  Indeed, it now turns out that he had an entirely different problem, a social anxiety disorder involving “selective mutism.”  Clinical psychologist Robert Schum told The Washington Post: ““He was not autistic.”

Why dwell on the point?  Autistic people have enough problems without media speculation linking them to mass murder.  Trust me on that. 

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