My son, Cody, was diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome at age 7. After receiving his diagnosis, his dad and I had a ton of "a-ha" moments. Many things about Cody suddenly made sense. Cody's dad works in the oilfield here in Alaska. His work schedule takes him away from home for (at the time a week) two weeks at a time. Cody was about 2 1/2 and was very excited to watch the movie "Cars" with his dad. His dad came home and started watching the movie with Cody. Cody then proceeded to quote the movie word for word. This started a fight between my husband and I. His exact words to me were "How many times has he watched this? Is this all he's doing while I'm at work? Watching movies?". My response "He's watched it one time." This is one of both my husband's and my favorite stories to tell about Cody. It kind of sums him up.

Lindsey Wolfe
Soldotna, AK