{"id":38,"date":"2015-04-29T15:24:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-29T15:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girltyler.com\/staging\/2937\/2015\/04\/29\/d-l-hughley-opens-up-about-his-sons-struggles-with-aspergers-syndrome"},"modified":"2015-07-13T21:32:31","modified_gmt":"2015-07-13T21:32:31","slug":"d-l-hughley-opens-up-about-his-sons-struggles-with-aspergers-syndrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girltyler.com\/staging\/2937\/2015\/04\/29\/d-l-hughley-opens-up-about-his-sons-struggles-with-aspergers-syndrome\/","title":{"rendered":"D.L. Hughley Opens Up About His Son&#8217;s Struggles with Asperger&#8217;s Syndrome"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/girltyler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/1bc6f-dl.jpg\" style=\"margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;\"><span style=\"font-size:large;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/girltyler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/1bc6f-dl.jpg?resize=640%2C320\" height=\"320\" width=\"640\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:large;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size:large;\">Fans of \u00a0D.L. Hughley often associate him with laughter and plenty of shenanigans. With his comedy, comes a ball of emotion, particularly a soft spot for his three children. The &#8220;Kings of Comedy&#8221; star\u00a0opened up on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oprah.com\/watn\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Oprah: Where Are They Now?&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0about his personal battles at home, including the ups and downs of raising a son with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autismspeaks.org\/what-autism\/asperger-syndrome\" target=\"_blank\">Asperger&#8217;s syndrome<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a name='more'><\/a><br \/><span style=\"font-size:large;\">Kyle is 26 years old and has overcome many hurdles over the years after being diagnosed at a young age. His biggest accomplishment, thus far has been successfully graduating college. Even small, every day tasks to us are huge celebrations for the Hughley family.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size:large;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size:large;\">D.L. opened up about a moment Kyle volunteering to put gas in the car. Hesitant at first, D.L. watched a magical moment happen for his son. He returned with the receipt for gas and the keys and D.L. tearfully said, &#8220;I could not stop crying, because he did something he was afraid to do. .. I just didn&#8217;t believe he could do it. He did it.&#8221; The moment was the confirmation D.L. needed that his would be able to function without him. &#8220;And I think sometimes I don&#8217;t know for sure, but he&#8217;s gonna be fine. He&#8217;ll be fine.&#8221;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size:large;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size:large;\">One thing is a constant; D.L. loves his kids.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size:large;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p><span style=\"font-size:large;\">Proud Dad. No doubt. ICYMI <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OWNTV\">@OWNTV<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WhereAreTheyNow?src=hash\">#WhereAreTheyNow<\/a>Watch: <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/86kXQUXfTK\">http:\/\/t.co\/86kXQUXfTK<\/a><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size:large;\">\u2014 DL Hughley (@RealDLHughley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealDLHughley\/status\/592825649682882560\">April 27, 2015<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:large;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size:large;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size:large;\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W8JV9iIMbao?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:large;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size:large;\">I met D.L. a few years ago and now have a greater respect for him.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size:large;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/girltyler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/d485e-dl2.jpg\" style=\"margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;\"><span style=\"font-size:large;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/girltyler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/d485e-dl2.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:large;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size:large;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size:large;\">Be sure to watch\u00a0<em>&#8220;Oprah: Where Are They Now?&#8221;<\/em> on Saturdays at 9 p.m. on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oprah.com\/channel_finder.html\" target=\"_hplink\">OWN<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size:large;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fans of \u00a0D.L. Hughley often associate him with laughter and plenty of shenanigans. With his comedy, comes a ball of emotion, particularly a soft spot for his three children. The &#8220;Kings of Comedy&#8221; star\u00a0opened up on\u00a0&#8220;Oprah: Where Are They Now?&#8221;\u00a0about his personal battles at home, including the ups and downs of raising a son with &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/girltyler.com\/staging\/2937\/2015\/04\/29\/d-l-hughley-opens-up-about-his-sons-struggles-with-aspergers-syndrome\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">D.L. 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