AUTHOR=Woodbury-Smith Marc R. , Loftin Rachel , Westphal Alexander , Volkmar Fred R. 

TITLE=Vulnerability to Ideologically-Motivated Violence Among Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorder

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychiatry

VOLUME=13

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.873121

DOI=10.3389/fpsyt.2022.873121

ISSN=1664-0640

ABSTRACT=<p>People with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are represented among those who espouse extremist thought and have committed violent acts associated with their beliefs. Media often highlight a perpetrator's psychiatric diagnosis following acts of mass violence, which in some instances has included ASD. ASD may itself not provide useful information for understanding motivations. Instead, understanding specific traits and neuropsychological and other vulnerabilities may offer an opportunity to make sense of these very complex events.</p>