Can a person with Aspergers be a psychopath?

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and antisocial personality disorder (ASPD)—which psychopathy falls under—in terms of diagnostic criteria are not mutually exclusive, and can indeed coexist. read more

Psychopaths and autistic people are both fundamentally wrong in the way they think, enough to call their conditions mental disorders. These disorders are not mutually exclusive because ASPD is about anti-social thinking, but autistic people can have narcissistic tendencies too. read more

Both disorders can have a tendency for a deference to logic, regardless of the rationality of it, both can be driven, focused, and develop a loathing of 'society' and the people in it. Both often end up feeling, if not being, outcast. read more

What people with Asperger's Syndrome and Psychopaths have in common are that those with either condition are often intelligent and gifted. You can't tell someone has Asperger's Syndrome merely by looking at them and you can't tell that someone is a Psychopath merely by looking at them. read more