Mental Health - Asperger's.?

Its not horrible to have Asperger's Syndrome, it just means that his social ablility will be impaired. Though there are positive effects of Asperger's, the individual will instead of learning social customs will develop possibly a higher intellect than other people.

Asperger's affected me the same way.

Its difficult to say how your grandson will turn out, because Asperger's can have slightly different effects. It is really based on the way he is raised. For example if you taught him not to talk to strangers, he will remember that and it could negatively effect his way of socialising with anybody.

At the age of 3 there isn't much to worry about, he will grow and develop to be much like a normal person but with slight or great social impairment.

I know a couple of people with Asperger's who never knew it -- and neither did their family members -- until they were adults. They had themselves evaluated because they realized they were missing various social cues, having some difficulties with human relationships and interactions. Otherwise, they seemed pretty normal, and both are highly educated professionals -- very smart people.

It's in the social arena that your grandson is likely to have some difficulties in life, but Asperger's can range from very mild to very severe, so it's hard to say now how much your grandson will be affected. One of my acquaintances with Asperger's told me that he didn't realize that he was boring and exasperating people to death by going on and on about his various deep interests (Asperger's people often have somewhat obsessive deep interests in things) because he couldn't pick up on their attempts to change the subject or get away. You could see behavior like that in your grandson.

Good luck. This really isn't a tragedy, I promise you, but your grandson could probably benefit from therapy eventually, to help him handle interactions better and more confidently.