Okay, you covered a lot of territory, and I commend you for it. Unfortunately, whenever the subject of autism comes up anywhere in conversation on the Internet or off the Internet, one topic that seldom ever gets brought up is "Asperger's by proxy." It is a subset of Munchausen syndrome by proxy, and parents who have it pose a major danger to their own children. The United States of America has a major problem with abusive parents seeking to have their own children misdiagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome either to illegally access Federal programs or to hide the abuse they are inflicting upon their children. Shady shrinks are capitalizing on it when they should be reporting these parents to the authorities and examining them for Asperger's by proxy. I'd be interested in knowing your thoughts about it.