Asperger's Are Us Page #5

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Anyways, here's the album.

- Watch out for poison ivy,

and check for ticks afterwards

when you're in the woods!

Stay close to an adult!

Stay close to an adult!

- At some point maybe,

I started shouting

safety advice,

and then I think it

might have been Noah,

recommended, "Well why don't

you take all these things

"and turn it into

the safety album?"

And it was a big success.

One of the things I'm

most proud of, I guess.

Like most 16 year olds,

I sort of felt awkward

around my parents,

and yet I still do, actually,

but probably more so back then,

and definitely in some ways,

and anyways, they

were home and upstairs

in this room actually,

and I was downstairs

recording it.

If I sound held back

or insecure on it,

it's because of that.

Playlist...

- You feel more comfortable

with your parents now?

- With my mom, yes.

- There's the tour of my

broken down garage,

which I plan on

replacing the door

in a couple of months.

Occasionally I have him ride

the mower, cut the grass.

His name is New Michael.

We always called him by

his middle name, Aaron.

When he was a baby growing up.

So, he doesn't like that name,

that's fine.

He likes New Michael.

But he always still

has that Aaron name

as a middle name.

And that's my

story on that part.

I kind of wish I was

more educated and

smarter

than what I am.

Well, I'm not as smart as he is.

I wish I was so I could

more interact with him.

You know?

I enjoy being with him,

he's fun to be with,

and he's a real good kid.

I feel like I don't do enough.

Maybe it's 'cause I work,

I always worked a lot of hours,

so I didn't really

get to grow up with

both of my kids,

Amanda and my son, New Michael.

So, that's why my

wife knows more

about Asperger's Are Us

and his friends.

I don't really know

as much as she does,

but I'm starting

to see a lot now.

- They all actually met

through the program,

which was kind of a

last resort for me

to try to find a place

where he could fit,

because we wrestled as parents

with some of his

unique qualities.

- Now this is one of

I guess five binders that we got

from the summer program.

So Jack said this was the

worst part of the day.

Every single day,

at the end of the day,

they did a self-evaluation.

- I had this strange compulsion

to be honest on these.

I think this is

the sort of thing

that the average person

is better at than

someone on the spectrum,

trying sort of hard

but not as hard as you can.

Like, this is why you never see

anyone on the spectrum jogging.

Either you want to

run full out or,

either you're going

to run full out

or you want to walk.

I mean, there's

no point in being

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