Thank you, Animaterra. I knew someone's son here is Aspergers but couldn't remember who. Problem is that these people don't know HOW to be "nice". It's just not hardwired into them.

And, our son is a real ADHD case. We medicated, but not to the point of Zombie-ism, and it did help a lot!! And, I also belive part of what Lepus says about medicating anybody who seems somehow "different". Very prevelant with Ritalin, the preferred ADHD drug.

Big article in last Sundays (US) newspapaper magazine about Aspergers, and how the patients/famlies cope.