Thank you for writing a story about Aspergers. My 11 year old son was diagnosed two years ago, right befor he stqrt d fourth grade. I had to fight for almost 5 years for them to consider a Spectrum diagnosis. My son is very high functioning, and in the "regular education" classrooms right now, but his IEP is still significantly lacking and he is failing all his subjects. His third grade teacher bullied him because he was different, even though he has had an IEP since first grade. She was negative and condescending. Spectrum disorders are some of the least understood, and almost best-kept secrets. They aren't new, but they were ignored for so long or labeled "retardation".  Instead of helping these patients, they were locked away for years. Thank you.