My brother is 22 years old and he's always behaved rather differently in comparison to people his own age group and it's something I've noticed ever since we were in primary school. Now I'm 20 and I've been studying psychological, I have noticed a large amount of similarities in autism and my brothers behaviour. He has no friends, the concept of socialising makes him anxious, he hates change. Change does not happen in our household, from the smallest things like a new member in the family whether it's a boyfriend, girlfriend, new born etc he does not warm to it. He finds it difficult to converse with people and it's impossible for him to talk to new people. He simply gets nervous and talks about unrelated topics. My brother is strict on routine, he walks all the time atleast 6 hours a day, he eats particular meals, washes his clothes on their own, changes his clothes several times a day because he has a weird obsession with smells. He really struggles to understand sarcasm and gets really emotional when someone uses sarcasm or jokes with him. He would be prone to outbursts of anger or crying and I have to word my sentences well as to not offend him. He could go weeks without talking to me because of something I said or did. He also likes to refer to dates alot, I dunno if this is related but he will state something that has happened and with provide the sate for example "remember when that happened it was like September 2011." I'm at that age now where I have brought it up to my mother but she doesn't know what to do. My brother is at a hard place, he's no job or future prospects and I'm petrified for him. I want to help him, but first and foremost I want a diagnosis or a way I could help him be diagnosed. Thank you
