Relationship skills to middle and high schoolers. Questions?

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My mother has been teaching relationships and sex ed to middle and high schoolers with disabilities in 25 classrooms for a decade. Please ask away.

In every class she teaches, my mother noticed the same issues; kids are lonely, isolated and don't know what to do about it. They want friends, boy/girlfriends but don't know where to start.

A few months ago my mother and I started a company, Social Signals, and finished a DVD and curriculum that uses movies we made (I went to film school) to teach social skills to teens and adults and now we're about to finish the home version.

Just to be upfront, of course we would like to make a profit eventually for our hard work. But we started this because we're trying help as many people as possible because kids and adults are having a horrible time with social skills and some are even going to jail when it can be prevented.

We'd love to hear your questions but because every person with autism is so different and we haven't met them, we can't be held liable for advice. That being said, we know parents are very nervous and scared about this topic and really want to help.

Temple Grandin said high school was the worst time of her life. We're trying to make it a little better where we can.

I wish you luck with your project.

My son is actually getting excellent help through speech therapy, but not everyone has access to that.