'Like Running Hurdles and Not Jumping'

ST. LOUIS — Aaron Likens says living with a form of autism "is like running hurdles and not jumping."

The St. Louis-area man has written a book about his life with Asperger's syndrome, "Finding Kansas." He told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch ( ) that he was almost grateful nine years ago when he was diagnosed, finally getting an answer as to why his life had been hampered by blurred confusion.