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Funny, how reading your post, made me cry. Not having friends hurts son so much, but his sisters love him, so its not like he's alone.

I am very protective of him, as to who he hangs out with, but not so much to make his feel "special" He is an avid golfer, the only sport he can play, he cant play on a "team", and golf is just him against the little white ball. Tryouts for the team are on Monday, and he made the team last year, but I worry anyway.

Son sees only black and white in his world, its good or bad, right or wrong, and there is no in between. It can make me crazy, but I would not change him for a billion dollars

I know it sounds strange, but she needs a script--and once she has it, she knows what to say.

Not in the least bit strange... I understand that statement completely

Black and white, right or wrong...so true. No grays. So unlike the rest of the world in so many ways yet I find so much honesty and truth there. Difficult to put into words, but it has something to do with seeing the world through a very defined lens.

It's fortunate for your son that he's taken up golf, a "solo" sport. There's nothing wrong with not wanting to participate in team sports as far as I'm concerned, especially with the lack of social skills. And there's nothing wrong with being a loner, either, unless he gets depressed. That's the only thing I fear for my daughter but when I ask her what her primary emotion is most of the time and she says "happy", I have to assume that she's come to terms with her life's limitations.

I'm blessed to have found a travel camp for special needs young adults which is available through www.frontiertravelcamp.com. My daughter went last year for a week in Vancouver and is signed up for three weeks in the southeast this July. She has several on-line friends from that one week and I hope it develops into more friendships this year.

My nephew is autistic, he is 6 now and just started KG. We don't know if he will be able to stay in "regular" school, but so far so good. Academically, he is doing wonderfully. Socially not so good.

We still deal with fits if something freaks him out. Like a few weeks ago when I was visiting and we were at the mall, a woman with a fur coat walked by, and he was brushed in the face with fur. The feel of the fur freaked him out, and he had a fit in the mall. Everyone was staring, and when my sis tried to help calm him down, she had a woman come up to her and ask "Why can't you control your child? How spoiled is he?". We often deal with rude comments from strangers. Sometimes I think there is little compasion left in the world, too many people want to judge and condemn right away...