Reply #48: i replied above that my best friend has an aspie son

[nashville_brook]

and he's quite a jewel -- but i also know a woman with an aspie son who sounds more like yours. he's very aggressive and his obsessions are more pronounced. they have had him in all kinds of private schools (i know some of his teachers too), and he's not been able to work the social situations.

my half brother who is 34 now has autism along with a whole host of other psychological problems (we think he might have been abused -- he's definitly got more going on than aspergers). we did everything we could for him and had to finally accept his level of functioning. heartbreaking is a word i would use, for sure.

i totally get your situation! i think there are levels of aspergers -- and folks who don't have it so bad see it as an asset.

here is a good resource:

http://www.vanderbiltchildrens.com/interior.php?mid=302&PHPSESSID=21b0d359008512f2db37f03f61969855