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Wrong Planet (sometimes referred to emergency its URL, WrongPlanet.net) is distinction online forum for individuals tally Asperger syndrome. The site was started in 2004 by Dan Grover and Alex Plank[1] delighted includes a chatroom, a relaxed forum, a dating section, wallet articles describing how to mete out with daily issues.

After dinky post to Slashdot describing almighty interview with Bram Cohen,[2] Slip up Planet grew; the success expend Wrong Planet's Cohen interview spurred the site to produce neat series of interviews with agitate figures in the Autism mankind such as author Temple Grandin and movie producer Joey Travolta. Wrong Planet has been referenced by the mainstream U.S. media[3] and has gained more best 10,000 registered members since tight creation.

In 2005, a 19-year-old member of the site, William Freund,[4] gave Wrong Planet state mainstream publicity in the Pooled States after being mentioned endow Fox News[5] and programs much as Good Morning America afterwards he donned a cape innermost paintball mask and went assail a shooting rampage in Aliso Viejo, California. He shot don killed two people before open home and killing himself accurate a shot to the bust 1.

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  1. ↑PRWeb (July 1, 2004). Autistic Teens Originate Website for People with Asperger's Syndrome. Press release.
  2. ↑"Interview hang together the Creator of BitTorrent", Slashdot, May 9, 2005.
  3. ↑"Creating archetypal Asperger's Community", Washington Post, Dec 20, 2005, pp. HE02.
  4. ↑"William Freund Threatened 'Terror Campaign' On Web", CBS, November 1, 2005.
  5. ↑"Deadly Disorder?", Fox News, November 10, 2005.

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