Still eeking what usefulness I can out of this poor little lap top. I’ll be one happy camper when the new one comes in. The thought of having to reinstall my programs all over again though … ah well … it will be worth it!

This evening, I did a search on Asperger Syndrome, trying to find local professionals who deal with it. I have a feeling that it’s not going to be very easy to do. While there are plenty of programs and professionals who deal with Autism, especially in children, there aren’t many who deal with the other Autistic Spectrum disorders - especially not in adults … and even more especially, not with the problems which arise in families from the long term of trying to cope with an undiagnosed disorder which is as affective as Asperger’s.

Apparently, the non-AS people in a family with undiagnosed AS victims develop some pretty interesting problems of their own … called the Cassandra Affective Disorder … (I call it a survival defense mechanism!) The UK and Australia have support systems for such Asperger families … the US seems to be a bit behind.

If any of my readers have any advice for me - where to call, where to make enquiries, I would be eternally grateful. Really. At the moment, our entire arsenal includes whatever web sites we’ve found through Google, and two books: “An Asperger Marriage” and “The Other Half of the Asperger Syndrome” … and a lot of discussions among ourselves. Steep learning curve! 0.o

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