My son has ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) and we as a family find things very difficult. It's a wide spectrum. A lack of understanding is evident, the amount of 'looks' we get when our son is stimming or having a melt down is crazy.. you never really get use to the stares, but nonetheless you get on and deal with it. I get frustrated when people try to compare one person with ASD to another as the spectrum is so vast. Our son is pre-verbal and has major difficulties with his communication and almost anything can set him off.. People always say 'oh yeh i know my cousins got Aspergers'.. no you dont know.. unless you live it day in and day out you have no idea