Asperger Syndrome (AS) has, as Dr. Suzanne Lawton so correctly reminds the reader, baffled Dr. Hans Asperger and baffles parents, children, physicians, and other health care practitioners, researchers, and others to this day. We cannot seem to agree on the cause or even, universally, on the diagnosis, much less the treatment. Auditoriums full of angry, impassioned, sometimes desperate, parents have gathered to berate the apparent lack of concern on the part of governmental institutions regarding mercury-laden vaccine preservatives. Families spend inordinate amounts of time, energy, and financial resources on any number of health care approaches for their Asperger children. So many affected children, so many questions, and so few.
