The article has a link to a PDF file authorities just released about the case.
He might have not exhibited aggressive tendencies, but he was rather clearly interested in violence. He wrote "big book of granny" in fifth grade. Granny's son shot granny in the head.
I went to the link in the article. The link only gives the 2013 published "Report of the State's Attorney for the Judicial District of Danbury on the Shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School and 36 Yogananda Street, Newtown Connecticut on December 14, 2012".
I am asking for the official 2005 report mentioned on page 34 of the aforementioned 2013 Report in which the statement "In 2005, the shooter was diagnosed with Asperger's Disorder...It was also noted that he lacked empathy...". Where is that link of the 2005 medical report that describes AL's medical diagnosis and mental health issues?
I see the notation in the 2013 Report regarding the "Granny" book AL is claimed to have written. If true, that is certainly disturbing and I'm shocked the teacher did not notify the mother and/or mental health authorities such as school psychologist about this alleged book AL wrote. However, in this same 2013 Report it states "There is no indication this was ever handed in to the school" but that this book was related to a "5th grade" "class project", so I wonder about the authenticity of this claim. How did LE find this book and who informed them about this book if it were never handed in to the school? Did LE find this 5th grade book in AL's home?
It would be most helpful to obtain the original documents such as the 2005 mental health report on AL and also this "Granny" book alleged to be written by AL.
I'm still of the belief that the mother was unaware of this violent aspect of her son. I've worked with a spectrum of autistic children and know a few Asperger's adults and although most are unable to hold any eye contact and appear socially inept, some of the higher level functioning autistics do try very hard to fit in, and I don't find them to "lack empathy" or appear "sociopathic".
So I'm curious what behaviors/interactions AL displayed that led the mental health 2005 report on AL to state that AL "lacked empathy". And more importantly, because we're discussing the culpability of AL's mom in AL's slaughtering innocent people, I want to know whether the mom was specifically told about her son's "lack of empathy" issues and what the mental health professional suggested as treatment for AL.
By the same token, I see on the very same page 34 of the 2013 Report, the paragraph that states "A sixth grade teacher described the shooter as an average student with A’s and B’s;
homework was never an issue.
The shooter never made trouble or distracted others. He had friends and was friendly to others. He was a normal child with no oddities and there
were no reports of bullying or teasing. " This depiction of AL conflicts with the "lacks empathy" component and violent nature of AL in the un-sourced 2005 report within the 2013 Report, and such dicotomized characterizations of AL is given for the same time period of 5-6th grades...
At best, there is ambivalent information in AL's history. One moment he's described as "normal" and "having friends" and "not a troublemaker"; the next, there's reports with unnamed sources wherein he's described as "lacking empathy" and writing about shooting up innocent people...