[Travis McGee]

I'm glad to see AS getting some attention, but this article is not a serious look at all of the manifestations of this disorder.

Nowhere does it mention the shattering meltdowns which can last for hours when the frustration explodes. Nowhere does it mention screaming, running away, tearing things up, extreme depression to the point of posting a danger to yourself. Nowhere does it mention extreme anger. This article makes AS almost sound like a fun little quirky minor disorder. It's NOT.

I can't help it if some parent played the system for a truly "just lazy" kid. That does NOT mean AS isn't a very real and very, very serious malady. Those of us who live with seriously afflicted AS kids know better. It turns families inside out, trying to cope. It can break up marriages, it can lead to things I don't even want to discuss on an open forum.

It's damn serious, and damn real.

[Eaker]

Prayers for you, yours and your son.

Don't sweat the assholes here, they could not cope, just don't know it.

Eaker

[tiamat]

You're a good guy, Travis.

Hope your family is well.

[Yaelle]

Travis, your son did not ever naturally mature out of the worst of the emotional highs and lows? My son's 1st 7 years were PURE HECK, if I may, but he is much evener now emotionally. Well, he WAS, from age 7 to 12. Now that he is 12 and hitting puberty, there are some real teary moments here and there, but not the horrible outbursts that you mention. I at one time wondered if he had bipolar, but now I know he does not. I am sorry you guys are going through all that. I hope it gets better.

[Triple Word Score]

Thank you for the ping.

I'm recovering from major surgery or I'd comment in more depth. God bless you both and your sons. It took me a long time to see Asperger's as a kind of spiritual armor rather than a disability first, but my son is less severely affected and hasn't ever shown that he is bothered by his social isolation. Highly verbal kids are a whole other world from the other end of that spectrum, but you know Heavenly Father made them perfect for what they're here to do and be....