:sunny: What a great attitude this guy has! Makes me feel bad for complaining about the little stuff! :)

RTC: You asked about Asperger's?  My 14 year old son has Asperger's Syndrome which is a high functioning form of Autism ... he's so high functioning that most people don't know that there is anything wrong with him ... he does have some social cue issues that we are working out with behavior modification skills, he's a bit "quirky" , "nerdy" ... he's a computer geek, he plays the violin and his passion is movies and the movie industry ... he has his own site (LucasFreak09) where he gives movie reviews ... He's highly intelligent ... too smart for me ... ha!  The only thing is that he doesn't relate to kids his own age .. he never has ... he can carry on converstions with adults and kids younger than him ... the kids his age thinks he is a weirdo because his speech and mannerisms are more on an adult level ... Anyway, it's been a real experience with him ... I feel very blessed to have him and I have learned so much from him ... I do kinda worry about the future because he is so trusting of people and I don't want him to get hurt in anyway...especially physically ... so far that has not happened, but, if he says some of the stuff that he tells me in private that he has thought about saying to certain people, he could very easily get his head knocked off! ha! I have to constantly drill into him not to act a certain way or say certain things that would hurt someone's feelings ... he doesn't understand until I bring light to it ... then he can see how it could bother someone ... It's a challenge, but, again, if I was going to have to have an "Aspies" child, I'm glad that it was Phillip because of his mild case ... I have seen some Aspies that were hard to control ... Phillip is a big teddy bear!

If you have any other questions, I will be glad to answer... if it weren't for our great school district and all their help, I don't know what I would have done!

Have an awesome day!  I will talk to ya later!

:heartbeat:, Connie

Thank you for letting me know that, Connie. My sister's nephew has a much worse time with Asperger's. He is one of the extremely hard to control children. Well, he's really not a child - he's 15 now. His is combined with ADHD. When he was a small child, his parents just didn't know what to do with him, so his behavior was not very well controlled. And even now, his behavior is on a level much, much younger than his actual age. It has been a battle for them. But he said something once several years ago that I thought was a perfect description. I can't quote it word for word anymore, but he said it feels like he is struggling to get out of a body he doesn't want to be in. He says things he doesn't want to say, and does things he doesn't really want to do, But he can't stop himself, because his mind does its own thing.  I thought it was very telling. And his mom is not very well equipped to handle it. Many years ago, she was very ill and was in a coma for a long time. It has severely limited her brain function. It's a bad situation.