Re: CT document release--Lanza had a book on Autism and a book on Aspergers in his room [View all]
The state of Connecticut on Thursday released a round of court documents detailing what investigators found in Newt
Conn., shooter Adam Lanza's home shortly after he killed 27 people in a horrific December massacre.
The books investigators found could spark a new round of discussion on some of the issues that have pervaded the national discussion since Newtown — especially on gun control and mental health.
Investigators found three books in the 20-year-old Lanza's room:
"Look Me in the Eye — My Life with Asperger's," a 2008 book by Jon Elder Robison
"Born on a Blue Day — Inside the Mind of An Autistic Savant," a 2007 book by Daniel Tammet
And an "NRA guide to the basics of pistol shooting."
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/adam-lanza-warrants-nra-autism-aspergers-books-call-of-duty-2013-3#ixzz2OqY1oJlP
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This doesn't actually resolve the issue of Lanza's mental health or what role atypical anti-depressants, SSRIs, may have had.
Autism, Asperger's Syndrome, and suggestions of a genetic Fragile X syndrome that is associated with autism are not associated with greatly enhanced risk of social/criminal violence.
A group of Newtown residents have pressed a petition to receive toxicology reports that might yield information on Lanza's use of psychiatric medication. The medical examiner has not made toxicology information available and so far commentary on this information release makes no reference to that toxicology report
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