My son is 15 with Aspergers and my only boy. I'm having problems knowing what is an adolescent male and what is the Asperger's. For example, last week, he took it upon himself to not take the bus home from school, not contact us, and walk home by a different route than usual. (he lost his cell phone and we haven't yet replaced it). He seems genuinely confused when he got home and we were mad at him. I can his Asperger mind saying, "I know what I'm doing, I can walk home. It is the thing to do." and his adolescent mind saying, "I don't think I need to call home. I'm my own person and I can do what I want", but I don't know..... Very confusing.