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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What OP stated with. That everyone has strengthens and growth areas. That we all need things to help us be our best. From things as simple as glasses to lap buddies.

Reassure them that they will have challenges- like all of us do. And that because of the way the brain works we can anticipate some of those challenges and help navigate.

This is what OP started with. 
But no 9 year old cares about being Steve jobs. Their parents do. Because then, the kid is really not SN after all. 
I have a SN kid and two NT kids. I am also a teacher. [b]Telling a 9 year old (4th grade, right?) that they can be Steve jobs is more about the giver of the message than the receiver.[/b] 
Your (our) kids can be whatever they want to be- provided they have the skills and resources. [/quote]

I disagree.  The OP wasn't telling her kid he could be the next Steve Jobs but giving him some identifiable examples of people with Aspergers.  (BTW, Darryl Hannah has Aspergers and supposedly so did Jane Austen.)

My kid has dyslexia and is a struggling reader.  [b]He finds encouragement learning about people who have faced the same situation[/b].[/quote]

The problem is, Gates, Jobs and Einstein weren't "on the spectrum" unless you stretch it out to be every smart person. [/quote]

You seem to be debating.  This is a support board. [/quote]

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