Forums of this sort are very important to sufferers especially as A.S. is something of a minority interest. I do come across fellow sufferers from time to time mostly at hospital outpatient department. I live in a small town with a population of 4,000 and as far as I know I am only one of two A.S. sufferers in town. As someone who has suffered from A.S. for over 60 years I try to offer advise on here and I myself have learnt a lot from this and other A.S. forums I post on. Obviously we aren't all going to agree about everything all the time but keep up the good work you are doing a great job.