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so after a very long journey I finally hear the clinical psychologist confirm the diagnosis for my 9 year old today. I see this as a new beginning, putting behind the dragging him to see specialist ( OT. PT speech and language etc etc ) All of which he has done without question. So how do we explain to him what ASpergers is ? Id like a book for him and something for the granparents and his cousins also. just to help explain. I mean Riley is still Riley ... we all know that but I want them to get an idea of how he thinks. I just ordered" All cats have aspergers" and " can I tell you about aspergers syndrome" from play.com, but would be interested to hear what any of you have read or used to explain it. Thank you cat x

Hi All, Just wanted to introduce myself before asking questions I'm 37 years old and have a 9 year old Son who has just been diagnosed with ASD - namely Aspergers. As a consequence of our journey over the last year we now realise that my husband also has this thou it has gone undiagnosed. I am irish Living in Ireland but spent 20 years in the uk so I consider that just as much my home and to be honest its where my family unit are based so Im finding myself dealing with a lot on my own really. Today The clinical psychologist finally called me and said she is sending the report next week to confirm a diagnosis so here I am .