Re: I am an Aspie. I don't hack stuff and then cry like a baby.
Problematic, that. My son has what was described as "High Functioning Autism", which is probably going to be Asperger's but at his age it's too early to tell. He - sort of - knows right from wrong but often fails at understanding the consequences of his actions. We tread a very fine line between instruction and punishment, in order to prepare him for later in life.
The real problem is, how can anyone return an objective understanding of someone's, erm, understanding of what they are doing, if it's known and documented they have some fundamental problem with consequences? Everyone with an ASD is different and the way you see the world is different from the way someone else with Asperger's sees it. Then, there's also the - at least to an outsider - seeming attitude of the US system which makes no allowances for mitigation and insists that anyone, including those with mental and/or behavioural "issues" (I hate that word but can't think of a better one right now) should be punished no matter what.