My son is 10 and is a "high functioning" autistic. I have heard "so, what can he do?" People think that all children with autism are savants. My son is 10 and small for his age and is developmentally delayed. He is sweet kind of immature and clueless. He seems perfectly fine to me until I interact with a typical 10 year old, 9 or 8 year old for that matter. I worry for his future. I worry when I see him interact with other children because they can be so evil. He is in public school and in the third grade I had to have the teacher explained to the class what artist is so that they would be kinder to him. I don't know if I should let him go and mingle with difficult children: or protect him and keep him only around the ones I know that will be kind. Please tell me what do you all think.