You think Cho had some kind of autism? His peers never heard him spoke until that Wednesday rant on video.?
You think Cho had some kind of autism? His peers never heard him spoke until that Wednesday rant on video.?
muunbiem
He was probably suffering from schnauzer poisoning…
javo j
Autism can be a side-effect of poor parenting, where the brain doesn’t fully form do to parent neglect. It is possible this happened to Cho. his parents didnt even visit him in college…
Jesse
He was autistic. He was diagnosed at age 8 when he first entered the country.
“According to his great-aunt, Cho was diagnosed with autism some time after arriving in the United States at age 8, although it is unclear whether the label was accurate. Cho’s flat emotional affect was evident through middle and high school years, during which he was bullied for speech difficulties.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cho_Seung-hui
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Tech_massacre
Raju
No.
I think he was quite a normal kid; otherwise, how could he study up to senior year?
My be he just withdrew himself from weird American school cultures he faced from his elementary school. He figured, staying aloof may be the best option for him; and may be some kids hounted him to take him to the extreems.
Of course, it just would have added to the mental health issues he had.
bodhisattva
It sounds like he did. An uncle of his said that his family was worried when he was a child because he wouldn’t talk. He didn’t use the word autism. Maybe a clinical aproach wasn’t taken and he was just made to feel stupid.
Scottso
No, and I hate it when people always think that someone must have a problem because they aren’t like everyone else.
I don’t ever talk at school (in high school) myself, and I dislike it when I am forced to talk to people. Although it’s not to the point that people wonder what my voice sounds like.
sadflkjhasdf
I can’t believe the entire country is pointing at reasons other than the obvious. He was a victim of racist ridicule. I see some people on Yahoo saying they were teased which really is not accurately equatable to racism. Imagine, that you are black, and everyday people call you “nigger” 20 times a day, any time you try to speak or do anything. How are you supposed to be normal? You shrug off the 1st one, but not the rest. Now repeat that everyday of your life for 15 years.
gillyrilly
He could speak, he proved that. So for some reason he had chosen not to speek prior to the killing. It is not normal, thats for sure. But guessing won’t help at all.
commonsense
Definately. The autistic are like that, too. I used to work with them. They’re all quiet and then suddenly they’re coming at you to strangle you cuz that tapping noise your making is driving them crazy.
cherylyoung
Autism covers a spectrum of disorders. Cho Seung-hui may have had the form of autism known as Asperger’s syndrome.
Asperger’s Disorder (Asperger Syndrome) is defined in section 299.80 of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) by six main criteria:
Qualitative impairment in social interaction;
o— The presence of restricted, repetitive and stereotyped behaviors and interests;
o— Significant impairment in important areas of functioning;
o— No significant delay in language;
o—- During the first three years of life, there can be no clinically significant delay in cognitive development such as curiosity about the existing environment or the acquisition of age appropriate learning skills, self-help skills, or adaptive behaviors (other than social interaction); and,
o—- The symptoms must not be better accounted for by another specific pervasive developmental disorder or schizophrenia.
AS is an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), one of five neurological conditions characterized by difference in language and communication skills, as well as repetitive or restrictive patterns of thought and behavior. The four related disorders or conditions are Autism, Rett syndrome, childhood disintegrative disorder, and PDD-NOS (pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified).
Dr. Theodore Millon, dean and scientific director of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Personology and Psychopathology in Coral Gables, Fla. said, Mr. Cho’s taped rants, and his peers’ descriptions of him as a classmate, suggest a blend of severe and specific personality problems.
People with so-called avoidant personality disorder shun social situations because of a paralyzing dread of disapproval or criticism. Those with paranoid personality disorder nourish a deep distrust of others and see insults and malicious meanings in almost every interaction. Both are stubborn patterns of behavior that can begin in adolescence or earlier, and in his influential book, “Disorders of Personality” (Wiley, 1996), Dr. Millon identifies a blend of the two as “insular paranoid” disorder.
“Such people feel persecuted, deeply isolated, that the world rejects them, and they will often replace the real world with an inner one in which they act out their fantasies,” Dr. Millon said, adding that this inner world can be elaborate, a “pseudo-community” modeled after the real one in which they live. “The acting out usually stops there,” Dr. Millon said. “Only in rare circumstances do they confuse reality with this inner world.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/20/us/20psych.html
Anita Godfrey, president of the Mental Health Association of Broward County, said that many people recovering from mental illness lead productive lives. “Mental illness alone is not a predictor of violent crime,” she said.
Godfrey noted that the onset of serious mental illness often occurs between ages 17 and 24. In many cases, the person refuses to believe he is ill and does not comply with treatment or medication.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/columnists/sfl-cmayocol19apr19,0,7571478.column
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