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Last night I caught this very moving documentary about an adolescent boy with Aspergers on CBC Newsworld, called The Boy Inside. Some really heartbreaking scenes about the isolation experienced by many aspies...makes me fearful for my son's future, and even more determined to figure out how we can improve his chances of having some social success.

Tomorrow's Oprah show is about Autism.

I am going to try and watch the Opera show tomorrow.I missed the show you mentioned but watched the short clip.

The thing about being AS.I found that even when I was in a group(I wasnt bullied,mostly ignored)I still felt lonely.I rarely related to what other kids liked or how they thought(or it seemed,didnt think)about things.They werent interested in the same things I liked.I could never laugh spontaniously like they did and it just made me feel more like an outsider.

What I am trying to say,and maybe not to well,is even if you are not excluded,it doesnt mean you feel a "part of" or "connected" to people.I eventually stopped even trying because it was just to painful to keep feeling "outside" even when you are with people.I looked very hard for a "group" of people I could relate to but never found one,just a few individuals who seemed to understand me or share at least one interest.That is true even in the AS community,I can relate to similiar experiencs but seldom feel like I belong some where....maybe more here then any where else,but some nights,even that isnt enough.

ABC World News is also doing a segment on Autism. One was on last night with a second segment on tonight.
I don't know how I feel about Oprah's show. I guess I just feel blessed that my son does communicate verbally.

The Oprah show was a big disappointment, Krex.

You know you are part of the dino-aspie group. At least we think you are!

Yeah,Opera show,more parents as victems.Yes it is hard but do when need to spend the whole hour talking about it.....arggg.

I have decided by next april(tis my goal)to try and have some more balance about autism awareness.I want to have some experts talking about the pro's and cons of ABA therepy and other options.I want to have some adults with autism on the whole spectrum represented,so people can see that.....kids with AS grow up to be adults....how are they being helped?We need some balance.Autism Speaks has a huge budget,I dont like what they do with it.

I thanks.....yes,I feel a part of Dino cafe,just having a bad day yesterday.

I had seen those same people in that video online from autism speaks so it wasn't anything new. It really was more the parents as victims and only showed extreme cases of autism. What about the rest of the kids on the spectrum? To me they only showed 1 form of autism when they really needed to show more. That is just my opinion.

Leslie

I was also really disappointed by Oprah's show...although it was a good perspective shifter from me. Helped me to refocus on my son's many gifts, and to be very grateful that he functions as highly as he does.

I have AS and my mom is named Shaunna. Odd.

I saw the Oprah show too, and I was very disappointed. I know that Autism can be a really difficult thing to deal with - but what about the kids with Aspergers?? I mean, not ALL kids with Autism are at the same point on the spectrum, and in a lot of cases I almost think that dealing with Aspergers as a parent is even more difficult because it's not something that is always obvious - the schools don't want to deal with it, the doctors don't want to diagnose it, and fellow parents and friends who don't know about Aspergers think we're crazy for thinking something is different about our kids - when in fact we're obviously just "bad parents"...right? I just wish the show would have talked about those kids a bit...or maybe I should suggest a show on Aspergers. Just dealing with the school districts on Aspergers is enough to make people cry at times.