I am the sister of a brother with what now would be called Asperger Syndrome, the mother of a grown daughter with Asperger Syndrome, a grandmother of 2 absolutely wonderful grandsons with different disorders, Autism and ADHD. It all seems over-welming at first and you think what did I do wrong? Then as Mothers you say what difference does it make. We will educate ourself about the disorder and find the best road for our child. Husbands on the other hand I found seem to view their children differently than we as mothers do. I have found from any number of conversations that fathers, for the most part, see their children as an extention of themselves. To say my child isn't "perfect" is to say I'm not any good. It generally seems to take Dads a liuttle longer to except the reality, but they come around. I'm here as a long term witness to all of this to say, believe it or not they grow up to be very productive adults. Look around you right now and realize there are MANY people that you work with, or are your neighbors that were learning disabled children. You would be hard pressed to make an accurate quess which ones they are. Remember Einstein was Autistic and didn't speak until he was 3yrs old, CHER is dislecsic, many performers today have attention deffiict disorders. It all works out.

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