Another Autistic Life Taken

Press has been relatively quiet on this - I only found out about the story of Robert Robinson today - almost a month after his murder. The unfortunate thing is that, once again, we see the family and the press glossing right over the murder and using this unfortunate incident as a way of asking for more services.

Let's put the focus on the innocent party here. Robert was 16 and loved walking outdoors. I unfortunately don't know much else about him since the article did not make his death the focus. The focus fell on the "distraught mom."

So sad.

Why does this keep happening and why so much sympathy for murderers?

Again?!

Yet another mother killed her children, one of which was Autistic. (Note to Daily Mail: "Doting" is not the correct adjective to use to describe the mother. "Murderous" would be more apt.)

Is there something in the water in the States? No seriously, what is the problem there? Because this doesn't seem to be happening in other countries that I know of.

Are they all copy-catting each other? Help me make sense of this.


Also, could someone send them a memo to let them know the correct order is to kill themselves FIRST then worry about the kids? They all seem to be doing it wrong.

EDIT: if you have the stomach to read the comments, notice the differences in the ABC News one, for example, where the child is not identified as being Autistic and compare that with the Daily Mail.