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In \”Finding Ben: A Mother\’s Journey Through the Maze of Asperger\’s,\” (McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books, 2003) author Barbara LaSalle writes about her family\’s struggle to help her young son overcome a baffling neurological disorder and have a \”regular\” existence. Misdiagnosed and maladjusted, Ben Levinson was labeled as everything from learning disabled to emotionally disturbed and was even committed to a psychiatric ward before LaSalle, a marriage and family counselor, was able to correctly diagnose him with Asperger\’s Syndrome (AS).