A few weeks ago, my boys and I visited a Star Wars exhibition in the millennium dome, London. It was called Star Wars Identities and it was very interactive and thought provoking -- and it made me think about Aspergers Syndrome. Essentially the exhibit followed the similar but wildly divergent paths taken by the characters of Luke and Anakin Skywalker while giving us "nerds" a chance to look at memorabilia. There were a bunch of stations, about a dozen in all, where clips from the films were used to explain internal and external influences and participants were asked to make their own choices by voting with some special wristwear. The result was that at the end of the exhibition, you would have created your own unique “Star Wars Identity”. It was all very educational. As usual in these situations, my mind turned to thoughts on Asperger’s and how it related to what we were being shown. Asperger’s is only a small part of your “self”. One of the key poin...