This case is a very sad demonstration of how mental health and communication difficulties in childhood can contribute to kids going off the rails

I also particularly dislike the description of a fellow arrestee as an "Asperger’s sufferer". Life can be hard for people with autism, but it doesn't have to be and not every body "suffers" with it. Lots of the kids I work with are very happy with who they are, and it's everybody else (who has to do all that strange social interaction stuff) who is suffering
