Hi SusanAnn, you'll guess where I'm from by my handle. Close to Leeds. Started here at Mrs S around 2005 after lurking as a guest for a few years prior to that. My youngest also has autism and when he was young we were advised to put him in an institution. However, we persevered and got ourselves some training in autism spectrum disorder. We were very lucky. Our son is now 24 and has a first class honours degree in games design and followed that with a masters. He arranged most of this himself. He now works at a local college teaching the IT teachers in games design and doing a teaching qualification as well. I say this not to brag but to give hope. The asd spectrum is wide, but you are not alone.