Finally, a book that captures the confusing, amusing, frustrating and tender experience of loving a person with Asperger's syndrome-both before and after the diagnosis. Nilla and Steve Childs see their first-born child Daniel grow through a puzzling series of labels-from gifted toddler to defiant child, from superior IQ to college drop-out, from fun-loving boy to social misfit. At a loss to help her depressed 23-year-old son, Nilla persists in developing a "Circle of Friends" to surround Daniel with the supports he needs as a newly-diagnosed young adult on the autism spectrum. Through...