Quote: Originally Posted by hollisandsteph That is crazy that they have the same name!
I have not met and adult with Asbergers yet...that I know of. I often wonder what Drew will be like as an adult. I honestly have trouble seeing him as a productive adult. He has little ability to do things on his own. Well, let me rephrase that. He has no desire to do things on his own. He will complain until someone in the house gets tired of it and gives in. We have been working on this though. He does have some responsibilty. He has to take care of the family cat (feed, water and change the litter) and pick up the bathroom. He gets paid for it weekly.
He is also sooo angry. Is your friend's boyfriend that way? The psycologist said that part of it is male adolecent hormones kicking in but as long as I can remember he has been angry. He has had a rough life with his mom not being around though. Not that I am trying to make excuses or anything.
You know, we have a lot in common. We met our FH on the internet and have people with Asbergers in our life...lol Well, part of the disease is also that they focus on certain aspects of life. Like for instance my MOH's Drew is really into the Civil War and Bird Watching lol. So, he focus's a lot of his energy on that. He also is in the Wine industry for work. He ends up drinking a lot. Which just makes him worse. He is really random and says things that are really hurtful or embarrasing. It may help to find what he is really interested in and let him focus his energy on that. No matter how simple it may sound to you. He will want to learn every single little detail about it. Drew as far as I know doesn't have extreme anger issues. He just doesn't have any social skills. It's like you put him in a social situation and he freaks out and acts up. All in all he takes care of himself and keeps a job. I think he is on some kind of gov't program for housing. It is an autistic program. He has a social worker that checks up on him from time to time as well. I try to be kind and understand his disability but it is so hard when I hear him say hurtful things to my bestfriend of twenty years. We do have a lot in common lol.