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I dunno if this is the case for everyone with As but for me I can't be mad that long. Infact it took me a while to understand why everyone around me would stay mad much longer then me, I usually get over the signifigant brunt in 10 minutes or something and then feel mostly or all better, but people around could stay made for hours and even days and weeks, or beyond.

My step mom abused me, whooped me with a belt and never called me by my name but instead called me dumbass, like "Hey, dumbass go get me a coke." And all it did was was make my self asteem go way down and me think of myself as lesser, but I never could hold a grudge. Even now I can't, I just hope she can go through some kind of situation to change her ways, especially for her grandchildren's sake.

As far as my experince though its impossible for me to hold a grudge, I just cant be mad long enough, actually I got in trouble sometimes because I could be fine and even laugh at something very shortly after being angery but the people around me were still mad and thought I was being a smartass.

Actually I cant count the times I've been accused of being a smartass or playing dumb, knowing exactly what im doing, or being a know it all. So annoying, the whole time I was growing up, it was so annoying because no one ever seemed to pay attention to me and just discounted alot of things as me being a smartass or a know it all or whatever.

Thank god now that I'm an adult at least my parents dont discount what I say like they used to, though, in my dads case, anyway, hes changed too, my stepmom stole his money and kicked him out and stuff and I think that changed him some so one way or another hes nicer in general and nicer to me. I still dont completely understand some of those emotions though that people go through.

Anyway, in all this ambling, my whole point was, is it even possible for an Aspie(without any other condition) to even stay mad enough long enough, to even get anywhere near this point of action? For me I know it would be impossible, but I don't know if its like that for everyaspie.
As a mother of son with AS who has been very involved in the autism community locally and nationally for years, I am shocked at the denial of Cho having autistic traits... Forget the actual diagnosis.

As I watched interview after interview with students and staff who shared their observations about who Cho was... loner, not able to look at people, lacked social skills, very bright but odd...my autism antenna went up.  How can the autism community who is always seeking truth for causes, cures be so blind in recognizing the symptoms that we all know so well.....as autism with Cho?
Because the autism commmunity doesn't want to have the legacy of what Cho did connected to the autism disability.  Truth is truth...
Autism did not kill all the people at VT.  An individual, Cho, was diagnosed with autism, had exhibited traits of autism for years with NO interventions or support... But he was smart, and Korean.. and his family had a difficult time acknowleding the problem (sound familiar) and they were poor and didn't know what their rights were under IDEA to acquire the needed interventions for their son in the public school... That the public education system failed to intervene in Cho's life is a wake up call for all parents who are trying to secure services for their child to be proactive, diligent and help your child.  I know children and adults with autism do not typically have violent tendencies or hurt others... But for this individual, Cho, he was unable to cope with life's problems -  

There are hundreds of children who take their own lives in our country with invisible disabilities like Autism, ADD,  who are unable to cope with the challenges they face in school..  and without interventions and adults that are willing to accept responsibility for doing the right thing for the children in our country -

Monica Moshenko
Parent, Advocate and Host
DisAbility News & Views Radio
What will happen when thousands of children with autism spectrum disorders - now one in 150 being diagnosed, as they enter school systems across the country.... Will the child that is smart, a loner, socially inept, a minority receive the interventions that they are suppose to receive under  Federal and state laws in school?
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