I would be terribly grateful for any insight you might provide regarding my brother's condition.
He has not been diagnosed with Asperger's, but based on my reading I think he possibly could be.
A little bit about him:
He is in his late-20's and currently living with our parents. Though he has a well above-average understanding of maths and sciences, and a great ability to retain facts and trivia, he always performed poorly at school, and has no degree beyond a G.E.D. His childhood was marked by social awkwardness, bullying, and scholastic failure. He did not, however, have any late development of cognitive abilities.
He has been unable to hold steady employment.
He has always been prone to sudden fits of anger or weeping. He has been inclined to depressions, but I have never known him to have a manic episode, so I would tend to rule out Bipolar Disorder.
He will speak about personal interests (video games, cartoons, movies) in depth, but fails to realize when the listener may be completely disinterested. A very base assessment of him would be that he is terribly immature.
Also, he has personal hygiene neglect issues.
He was once diagnosed as having ADHD, and was prescribed Ritalin, which he stopped taking, complaining of how it made him feel. I think he would be very reluctant to entertain the thought that he might have Asperger's, and would probably be unwilling to be assessed or seek some form of treatment.
Do you think he may have Asperger's Syndrome?
If so, what can I and my family do?
Thank you, thank you, thank you for any insight you might have!
20 Jan 2009, 3:31 pm
