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[quote=Anonymous]Yes, I know that it's no longer called Aspergers. 
DS Is 17.

Anyway, I need advice. BTW I don't live in the USA.
Ds was diagnosed with ADHD at 8. I suspected autism ( more Aspergers like) off and on.
I brought up the concerns to his doctors. He is followed by a developmental  pediatrician for his ADHD. He did not think ds had autism. He said that even if he did, we wouldn't do any different therapies than what we were doing. 
In High school he had friends at school and online but not really any friends he hung out with outside of school. He started seeing a psychologist in ninth grade related to issues with anger: breaking things and he tried cutting. This has improved. He saw that psychologist approximately 10 times. Then he started seeing a different one two years ago.

High school was not a smooth ride but he did well academically.
He has a part time job and is starting to make friends he hangs out with on weekends from his job.
This current psychologist has also seen my son for about 20 sesssions over the last two years. This psychogist has told me that he thought ds has autism. He says it would be very high functioning Aspergers. Now called autism. DS wants to live in a dorm at college. The college is 30 minutes away so he could commute there. He thought ds would make more friends living in the dorm, he was also concerned that ds would be more vulnerable to peer pressure and other things.
In light of this I am not sure if living away would be a good idea.

He had a psych ed asst in eighth grade which confirmed ADHD and stated he has social anxiety ( again I brought up concerns about Aspergers).- different psychologist from the above two.

LONG Story short: ds was never diagnosed with autism until now by this psychologist. He is seventeen. Ds doesn't know yet, he would be absolutely crushed. I know that and am concerned how well he will cope with that. He hates being different. He had a lot  of trouble accepting the ADHD diagnosis when he was younger.
DO WE TELL HIM?
What benefit would there be now?
Do you think living away from home would be a good idea?
Where we live many people live at home for college, like half.
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