>the school system is always subtly threatening
>to place him in special ed....
>
>  I have him on paleo but am still having problems with "absences"
similar
>to attention deficit.... Any ideas???

Check out   http://www.udel.edu/bkirby/asperger/

Lots of information on different aspects of learning and attention.
Something there might help.

Usually people with these problems are helped by special programs and at
least partial mainstreaming, not by being pulled out into "special ed."

Patty