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I agree that it would be a great service to us all if there was a show on Asperger's syndrome. I recently found out about this syndrome and I feel like I have been set free! I got married over 23 years ago and my husband seemed much younger than he actually was. I noticed him doing strange "habits" over the years and many many odd behaviors. Then we had a son. I see Adams behavior in my sons childhood. My son acted very similar to Adam. I thought we were horrible parents or we were doing something "wrong". I took him to the doctor and he said my son had a sensitivity to red and yellow dyes. It may have been part of it. When he would have a fit...his ears would turn red, his eyes would glass over and he would be uncontrollable, then he would "pass out" for hours. It was so hard and frustrating. I thought I was going to go insane between my husbands strange behavior and then my sons. Over the years I noticed the same strange behaviors in my husbands family. They have the same stange "habits" only in a different forms and some have it more severe than others. The only reason I heard about Asperger's is that my brother-in-law told me his son was diagnosed with it and he thought he had it also. I had never heard of it so I went home and researched it. OH MY GOSH! THIS is IT! I cried all night long, because it was actually something. I was not insane after all. It was not me! Asperger's is what my husband and son has!!!LONG, LONG, story shorter.....We have a daughter that also has it but not as severe as the rest of them. I have read 20 books on it in the last month and would love to see a show on it. My son is now 21 and my daughter is now 11-1/2. It has and still is a very hard family to be in. I love them very much but it is still hard. PLEASE! Dr. Phil, do a show on Asperger's children AND Asperger couple relationships also.....Thank you!