Congratulations and condolences Freya. I'm sure hearing an aspergers diagnosis is bittersweet Great you have been heard though and your son will start getting some extra support.

Form my understanding of sensory stuff form the book "more than words" (which I highly recommend) asd kids are under or over sensitive to certain senses so they wouldn't stim if they were already over sensitive to a sense, but rather they'll avoid. We've realised our son is under sensitive to touch, sound and sight but over sensitive to taste. He hits (the wall, his head, me...) to emphasise a word or action, laughs if I get upset and raise my voice, reads books upside down, prefers sing-song conversation.

As for family, my husbands older brother has aspergers and his whole side of the family (mum, siblings and himself) all appear slightly on the spectrum. Some 'odd" behaviour and not very socially aware at times. My H is terrible at eye contacft and freaks out about making phone calls or dealing with customer service people etc but can easily give a a talk to 100s of people, which is very aspergers.

My side of the family has a lot people with depression and anxiety issues. I had a sensory processing issue as a child. We saw my dad before leaving and my son was acting very asd at the time. I don't talk to my dad about stuff so I didn't tell him what we already know and we're doing but he told me about the therapy I had as a child and how it helped. He was basicaly implying I had been asd and the early ed fixed it. Not sure you can cure asd? I think I'm possibly on the spectrum but my issues as a child were sensory. My dad is also narsistic (sp?) So he appears on the spectrum too.

We're a mentally healthy bunch! I always said our child would end up with a neurological disorder and whammo!