If you've got tissues nearby, get them out now: A 13-year-old boy with Asperger's syndrome ran away from home and spent nearly two weeks in the NYC subway system before being found by a MTA worker who recognized his face from a missing-person poster. Apparently afraid of being scolded for not concentrating at school, Francisco Hernadez Jr. ducked into a subway station near his home in Bensonhurst and rode the D, F, and No. 1 trains for 11 days, surviving on snacks bought at newspaper kiosks. READ MORE

Doctors revising the DSM propose to discontinue the use of the term Asperger's Syndrome as an official diagnosis. Great! READ MORE