Thanks, DeeDee for responding. I totally thought the therapists could help distinguish this for us. Thank you for letting me know they can't. I'm finding it very hard to figure all this out. I'm very confused about the compassionate behavior, too, as it seems like he has a LOT of empathy and shows it often? I read this string on Wrong Planet and now I believe it is possible to have AS with empathy http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt125782.html

What do you think?