Posted: Mar 04, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: March 4
Despite an judge finding the driver in Toronto s deadly van attack guilty on all 10 counts of first-degree murder, there is concern among the autism community that the trial itself, which saw autism argued as a defence, further stigmatized those with the disorder.(Aaron Vincent Elkaim/The Canadian Press)
When Michael Cnudde, who has autism, learned that lawyers for the man accused of Toronto s deadly van attack in 2018 would be using the disorder as a defence for their client, his immediate reaction was: How dare they?
Yet despite the rejection of that argument on Wednesday by Ontario Superior Court Justice Anne Molloy, who found Alek Minassian guilty on all 10 counts of first-degree murder, there is still concern that the trial itself further stigmatized the autistic community.