Well I can see how that sounds contradictory...but getting up early, giving him a watch, etc...we fixed the problem. He was always one minute away from a tantrum at home, but he was an excellent 2 year old and I figured I just got the "terrible 3's" instead. And of course when he was 4 we had him to the psychiatrist, no diagnosis. So, yeah. The other kids I knew of who were actually autistic were WAY different and the stuff I saw on Asperger's, including videos I watched, etc...those kids were WAY different. So relatively speaking, it was mild.
It might also have something to do with the fact that I was NEVER around children growing up and in my young adulthood. I never babysat. My son was the first kid who's diaper I ever changed and I was 31! I knew he was difficult...but I thought it was just a little worse than the average kid, you know?
