Violence is Rare in Autism: When It Does Occur, Is It Sometimes Extreme?

Figures & data

Table 1. Details of the 22 cases in the mother jones database indicating strong evidence of ASD diagnosis or symptoms/indications of ASD.

Mass Shooter Case	Autism Spectrum Disorder
1 Chris Harper Mercer	Diagnosis of Asperger's syndrome
2 Pedro Vargas	Tentative suggestions consistent with ASD symptomology
3 Adam Lanza	Diagnosis of Asperger's syndrome
4 Andrew Engeldinger	Tentative suggestions consistent with ASD symptomology
5 Wade Michael Page	Tentative suggestions consistent with ASD symptomology
6 James Holmes	Strong evidence suggesting Asperger's syndrome
7 Ian Stawicki	Strong suggestions consistent with ASD symptomology
8 Jared Loughner	Tentative suggestions consistent with ASD symptomology
9 Nidal Malik Hasan	Tentative suggestions consistent with ASD symptomology
10 Jiverly Wong	Tentative suggestions consistent with ASD symptomology
11 Steven Kazmierczak	Tentative suggestions consistent with ASD symptomology
12 Seung-Hui Cho	Strong evidence suggesting Asperger's syndrome
13 Kyle Aaron Huff	Tentative suggestions consistent with ASD symptomology
14 Jeffrey Weise	Tentative suggestions consistent with ASD symptomology
15 Terry Michael Ratzmann	Tentative suggestions consistent with ASD symptomology
16 Michael McDermott	Tentative suggestions consistent with ASD symptomology
17 Larry Gene Ashbrook	Tentative suggestions consistent with ASD symptomology
18 Eric Harris	Tentative suggestions consistent with ASD symptomology
19 Dean Allen Mellberg	Diagnosed with ASD
20 Gang Lu	Tentative suggestions consistent with ASD symptomology
21 George Hennard	Tentative suggestions consistent with ASD symptomology
22 Dylan Klebold	Tentative suggestions consistent with ASD symptomology