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The following sentences describe a few ways that Asperger's Syndrome affects families in order to provide an idea of the different ways in which it can affect families, but it is by no means a complete description. Family members, especially parents, can be exhausted from taking care of the child with Asperger's Syndrome because of the child's special needs. Because of the time the parents spend with the child with Asperger's Syndrome, siblings might feel neglected. Family members might feel embarrassed by the child's behavior in public. The child might have special skills, such as an amazing ability to do mathematical calculations in one's head or remembering the dialogue of a movie word-for-word after one viewing, which could prompt feelings of pride in the child from the parents. Paying for different therapies that might help can cause financial stress for the family. This short list illustrates that Asperger's Syndrome can affect families in physical, emotional, and financial ways.

^^^ All the above examples are ableist, presumably taken from a source such as Autism Speaks which uses such Propaganda against autism in order to increase it's profits. Autism does not destroy families as this answer suggests, for many families it makes no difference or a positive difference.

Seriously, all the examples above seem to be negative - ableist tripe!

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