re: Boy with Asperger's syndrome hospitalized after brutal school attack

Zereaux, my 14 year old has Aspergers, too. He's a good kid. Very quiet at school, socially awkward especially now that girls are in the picture, very intelligent and in honors classes. The over generalization of Aspys being assholes really irks me. My son is quiet and isolated. He has friends now, but skips out on a lot of social interaction because he doesn't quite get it. I found out there was a school dance a couple of weeks back. I asked him why he didn't tell me or want to go with his friends. His answer was, "I don't dance." He doesn't see gray areas, and a dance is a place where people dance, not an opportunity to hang out with friends.

We've had some bullying issues. Mostly because he was in a disruptive class and he doesn't understand why kids disrupt the teacher when it's a rule to not do so. Bottom line, Aspys are a little different and being different as a young teenager is not a good thing. But, I don't think my son will end up being a very different adult. His personality is not all that much different than a lot of the engineers I know. Analytical, logical, and focused. Luckily, he's really big, so most kids leave him alone physically.

To the poster that said Aspys don't like sports, not necessarily true. They often don't play sports because mild hypotonia and poor coordination is a part of it.