This "asparagus(mild)" your brother seems to be having sounds like every kid in Malaysia.

I can relate to these conditions myself since, i suspected i have some mild forms myself, like attention deficit disorder and sometimes, being an introvert, hard to socialize with people, etc etc.

But these are not uncommon to a lot of people who experience these but did not consult a professional to get a condition so that their life can be blamed on it.

As you have already said, your brother is good in drawing, so he can actually be good in something.

People like these/us/whatever, just needs to work a little bit harder since they just lack a little bit of brain(spare you the details but it's like lacking natural talent, however in return, you get a different view of life, like not taking these skills/talents for granted)

Tell you what, make him a recommendation to keep a schedule (it's all about habit), and handle some anger management, further more give him some encouragement as he progresses.

Social skills can be attained, if he really decides to but not necessary (by books and stuff, here's a recommendation: "how to win friends and influence people" by Dale Carnegie). These can be picked up as you learn to live with people and get comfortable around people but if he wants a job that requires constant or lots of human interaction then get that book.(autistic people learn stuff by the words)

1 thing that must be stressed, give him ample time since they need more work than usual folks.
if he seems impatient, tell him there's no hurry and he will eventually learn what he decides to learn but takes more work and longer than usual folks, but give a nudge from time to time if he procrastinates.

These people eventually turn up fine, autism is just another label made by society to explain and segregate people who "seemed" weird from society but is actually quite harmless.

and if you must know, there are graduates, skilled laborers, or maybe PHD holders(Dr. temperance brenen in bones maybe =p) who are autistic. I kinda learned this from "blink" by malcolm gladwell. pg 219, pick it up and get a little more understanding about this condition to help your brother, or better yet, let your brother read it to help himself.

This post has been edited by maxsia: Jul 28 2010, 12:57 AM