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Yeah, that sure sounds like the 5's I know.

I know that 5's are rare even in DYS, but there certainly are some and I bet you'd know another 5 as soon as you saw him/her. It might be really cool to actually meet another family with similar issues. And nice for your son, too. I once had a chance to introduce two 5's to each other--it was like magic, instant chemistry. One 5 friend said that it wasn't until grad school that she met another person who thought like her and that was when she first started to like herself. Up until that point she felt like she was just "too" different. Seems like DYS might be your best bet for making those kinds of connections.

I guess the other DYS benefit is help in figuring out how you are going to accomodate his needs--it sounds like sometime soon it might be time for a change of stategy.