Parenting an Asperger's child

A year and a half later, I am home schooling him. The teacher, this paragon of sympathy and understanding of an 8 year old with issues, retired at the end of year.  We tried to put him back in at the beginning of this year, but he was not quite ready.  The principal and the guidance counselor, along with the Office for Exceptional Children at the county school board, are working with me to get him back in school in January.

I know I made many mistakes.  What would I do different?  I would have insisted more on a referral to a child psychiatrist sooner.  In defense, I think that I kept hoping that the peds were right, and that he just needed to mature.  Also, I would have followed up more closely when his teacher kept telling me that she was having no problems at all out of him.  Again, I guess I was so happy to finally have a trouble free school year that I wanted to believe that he had finally got it under control.  I have found a wonderful book that has been a tremendous help in teaching him coping skills.  It is called "Parenting Your Asperger Child," by Alan Sohn, Ed. D., and Cathy Grayson, M.A.  Feel free to email me if you have any tips, or if you think I might be able to help you.  My email is treysma2001@yahoo.com.  Put Asperger's in the subject line so I won't spam it!