JERKS, NOT AUTISTIC
Stop using Asperger's as an excuse
THE LIST
We only feature people who used autistic spectrum disorder (diagnosed or not) as an excuse for their own behaviour
ELON MUSK
Elon Musk reveals he has Asperger's syndrome, DW.com, 9 May 2021
JAMES DAMOORE
'I see things differently': James Damore on his autism and the Google memo, The Guardian, 17 Nov 2017
ROSEANNE BARR
Quarantined with Norm Macdonald (ft. Roseanne), Youtube, 5 Apr 2020 (text version: Roseanne Barr on coronavirus: 'I think they're just trying to get rid of all my generation', Yahoo News, 7 Apr 2020).
She is using ASD as an excuse for conspiracy theories rather than being a jerk. Still deserves the spot in the list.
DON BURKE
Don Burke's claim of undiagnosed Asperger's a 'slap in the face', advocates say, ABC news, 27 Nov 2017
CRAIG NICHOLLS
The Vines’ Craig Nicholls: ‘I already thought I was a genius', The Guardian, 12 Sept 2014
JAYMES TODD
Jaymes Todd's lawyer lists reasons killer should get sentence cut, The Age, 3 Mar 2020. Reasons include him having ASD.
ELLIOT RODGER
Stop blaming Asperger’s Syndrome for Elliot Rodger’s Rampage – Opinion, Autism Daily Newscast, 23 Oct 2018