Gizmo that is one hell of a post, it left me drained reading it, i admire how you do cope and can not even begin to imagine how I would fare in your shoes.

A drama shown on UK TV recently, based on a true story of an autistic boy , was an excellent way to get across the message to the rest of us that kids acting 'naughty' are not always doing so deliberately.

With very young children of my own I do not join in with the tutting when a child plays up in a supermarket queue, but I have seen many that do.

I wish you and your family all the very best and hope a diagnosis that can help is reached for your son.