Adam Braverman - Adam Braverman and His Family - Max Braverman

Max Braverman

Max Braverman (Max Burkholder) is Adam and Kristina's 11-year-old son who is diagnosed with Asperger syndrome at the beginning of the first season. His struggles and triumphs with this syndrome affect much of what happens in his family. Max is unaware of his diagnosis in the early episodes, but during the second season he learns about it after witnessing a fight between Adam and Crosby. His parents decide to transfer him to a mainstream school after being told that Max is very intelligent. In the season 2 finale, while at the hospital Max becomes very angry saying that he wants pancakes more than he cares about Amber, even going as far as saying that doesn't care about her. Adam scolds Max for his hurtful comments, but Max believes he didn't do anything wrong, at the end he apologizes to Sarah for what he said. Max has recently been mainstreamed into normal schools in order to challenge him academically. He is trying hard to make friends, though it proves difficult. He does make a friend in season 3, a boy with spina bifida named Micah whose parents are thrilled because, like Max, he's never had a friend before. It is also discovered that Max is academically enriched. Though socially behind others his age, he is academically far above most others his age and older. Elected class president of Cedar Knoll Middle School.