I was at a lecture..

today by a woman with severe low functioning autism but has great skill with the english language.The part I would like some different opinions on is she believes aspergers and autism are so far apart to include them on the same spectrum is ridiculous.Her opinion is an autistic person coulnt care less about other humans whilst someone with aspergers desperately needs social contact but hasnt got a clue how to interact so can be seriously hurt by rebuffs that an autistic person would not even think about.My son is diagnosed autistic possibly aspergers and I cant help feeling if emotionally there is so much difference between the two should this not affect the social inclusion programmes he needs in school.It is also very hard to get a truthful answer as to how much his SID affects his autistic behaviour.Any thoughts??