Thank you so much for your thoughtful reply. What you address about bragging I ponder over all the time. But as most parents of G+ kids have to know it is so hard not to have a swell of the heart when their child does something so amazing and completely out of the norm and your first reaction is to want to share, but because society overall does not want to hear and rather dismiss it and roll their eyes it just makes it hard! But I have purposely held back and passed information on to my friend(when I do) as matter of fact and definitely not boosting at least I certainly hope so because I try so hard not to brag. I completely agree with you on the similarities of autistic kids and gifted kids. I also understand that my DD is also a constant reminder to her of the problems she faces with her DD and I want to be there for her when she needs the support. She was talking the other day in third person about no parent wanting the child classified as a special needs kid which in all fairness, unless your child is 'normal' than we all will have to deal with the classification on both ends of the spectrum.