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Sister has Aspergers at 22

Steve21

Hi I am new to this forum and hoping that it can help me and my sister. 

My sister is 22 and has recently been diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome. She has no friends and is very isolated. Basically I just want to know has anyone else got a family member with this form of Autism that is of a similar age?

I'm really interested to know what are the achievable goals for her in the future e.g jobs, friends, hobbies etc. 

She has started to attend a support group but as she never talks to me & my mum we don't know how that is going. 

I just want her to live some kind of fulfilling life. I feel she is wasting her youth. I also worry about her future financially. 

Any replies would be great. Thanks. 

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  • Thanks for replying. 

    She lives with my mum so she doesn't really see anyone else but her. I guess we just need to accept that she is never going to live a "normal" life of someone in their twenties.  Hopefully I get to hear from someone similar to her and what they have achieved etc. It's just so hard as she is almost emotionless so you never know what's going on. We just want her to have a conversation with us. 

    I also worry about what my son might think when he gets a bit older. As a lot of people take her behaviour as rudeness. He is 18 months at the moment.

    I think me & my mum are supposed to be attending her support group in the future. Im hoping that will answer a lot of our questions. 

    Thanks

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  • Thanks for replying. 

    She lives with my mum so she doesn't really see anyone else but her. I guess we just need to accept that she is never going to live a "normal" life of someone in their twenties.  Hopefully I get to hear from someone similar to her and what they have achieved etc. It's just so hard as she is almost emotionless so you never know what's going on. We just want her to have a conversation with us. 

    I also worry about what my son might think when he gets a bit older. As a lot of people take her behaviour as rudeness. He is 18 months at the moment.

    I think me & my mum are supposed to be attending her support group in the future. Im hoping that will answer a lot of our questions. 

    Thanks

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