Hi, I'm a newbie.

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Hello all,

I just signed up tonight in the hopes of gaining some insight on approaching my brother. I have two older brothers, the oldest, Al*, was diagnosed with Aspergers quite a few years ago and has gone through therapy to help him learn socialization skills as well as all the other benefits he was able to gain from it. He is my half brother and wasn't raised with myself and other brother. Quite a few years ago both my mom and I came the the realization that my brother Bill may also have Aspergers. We know that he was in therapy for 10 years but know nothing about the type of therapy. We have no idea if at anytime the therapist he was seeing brought up the Aspergers or if he has any idea he may have Aspergers. We've gotten to the point where we want to bring it up and I'm not sure the best way to go about it. That's why I'm here. Bill can be very difficult and shuts down easily at what he perceives to be an attack. He didn't talk to my parents for a year once because he thought they were being too intrusive in his life. I'm just hoping to gain some insight on how to handle this situation. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!

Nice to meet you all.

*Names have been changed to protect the guilty

Welcome from a fellow newb!

That's very admirable of you to come here in order to learn more about your brothers. I wish you luck with it. You'll find the people here to be very open and happy to talk with you!

Welcome to WP!

Nice to meet you too

Welcome to Wrong Planet!

Welkome to WP

Mick

Welcome to the WrongPlanet.

Maybe you could get your half brother to join us on WP, as well.