I want to find someone for my brother to talk to. He has aspergers syndrome.?!


Question: I want to find someone for my brother to talk to!. He has aspergers syndrome!.!?
My brother has had a very hard life!. He was diagnosed about 5 years ago with Aspergers syndrome!. He is now 27 years old!. My parents have sheltered him his entire life!. He does not really know how to do anything on his own!. He lives with my father!. If we could have known at an earlier age what his diagnosis was !.!.!. we would have been able to help him grow!. Now he is a miserable, lonely adult man!. He does not have any friends!. My heart hurts for him everyday!. I was wondering if there are any other adult aspies that would be interested in exchanging emails with him!? He is sensitive to certain comments, so I would want someone who would be loving and understanding!. If someone said something that offended him, he would dwell on it and talk about it for days/weeks maybe even months!. I don't know how else to help him!. He pretty much just stays at home and obsesses about things!. He has such a wonderful heart!. Please help!?
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Answers:
I have aspergers and while I support the notion of comparing notes, having another aspie as a pen pal is a bad idea!. Aspies are sensitive to other people's comments, but are insensitive when it comes to making them!. As such, aspies don't usually get along very well with each other!.

Parents are making the unfortunate move toward homeschooling their aspie children!. While this may solve the problem of bullying on the short term, the aspie kid does not develop any social skills and ends up much worse in the long run!.

What he needs is a neurotypical friend who can teach him how to interact socially!. Video camera, not mirrors, make a good tool so that he can see how he interacts with others from the camera's point of view!. Since he is able to judge other's bad behavior, he can easily spot what he did wrong on the video!.

You might be able to find other aspies on wrongplanet!.net !. I thing that is a main aspie site!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Hi,
I don't personally have aspergers, but I have worked with people that have it!. I am a substitute paraeducator, and have worked with people that have aspergers from elementary through 21!. I know how hard it can be for them, becuase people can say a lot of stupid stuff sometimes!.!.!.!.but if you want someone for him just to e-mail and be friends with, i would love to :)
jenWww@Answer-Health@Com

It is great that he has a sister like you to care for him and look out for him!. I wish I had some more support!. I have asperger's and it is really difficult for me sometimes because I don't have any friends and I don't have much support!. I have never had any friends and what makes it more depressing is that my parents never cared enough to even notice!. I have just been diagnosed and soon will be going to therapy and stuff to learn social skills and other necessary things!. I hope that this will help me and make life easier!. I hope all goes well for your brother and I hope that he finds someone that can help!.Www@Answer-Health@Com





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