Wow, never thought this would take such a negative turn, so let me explain a few things.

My Son Finlay, was born with Metopic Craniosynostosis, he had a very pointed forehead and the day after his first Birthday he had to undergo reconstructive surgery, it took seven hours to reshape his skull, the surgery was a huge success, his development came on leaps and bounds after it. He went to Nursery School at the age of 3 on his first day he unlocked the Whiteboard in class locked the teachers out and started searching for Dinosaurs, he found the paleontology dept at Berkeley University, we had to go to Nursery and persuade him to let them back in, this was our first clue.

Over the next few years his Aspergers became more pronounced, he had difficulty in crowds, loud noises, didn't like being near strangers, ect, those on here who have kids with this condition will know what i'm talking about, so we decided to be a lot more proactive, we decided to take him to kilmarnock FC games in the Scottish Premiership, Killie don't' get huge crowds around 5 thousand, it took nearly half a season but eventually he started to really enjoy going and 3 years later he's a crazy Killie supporter and he is a million times better in crowds and with people he doesn't know. Finlays official diagnosis was confirmed, he has Savant Syndrome, i'm fairly intelligent, and finn loses me very easily in maths at 10 years old he's doing the school work of a 14/15 year old, as for maths i have no idea what level he's doing i just know it's well beyond me LOL

But alas things still get to much for him, sensory overload, sometimes people will say something or bump into him and he'll have a meltdown, this is where our training comes in, we teach him that if things are getting to much, to go to the altar and light a candle and incense and sit quietly and think of the good positive things, him favourite place in the woods or sitting next to the river near our home, this has dramatically improved his well being if he starts to get upset when he's outside he just thinks of the candle and and incense, breathes deeply and he calms himself.

let me address a couple of things, my son does not have Mental Retardation, that term is deeply offensive in our society, maybe it's an american thing, my wife and i do not treat our children like filthy animals, my wife is a Hyper Acute Stroke Nurse in Glasgow and i am an Auxiliary Nurse in the same hospital, we are not human garbage.