does anyone have advice?

sueno said:

okay so I know this guy who has aspergers. He's a really sweet guy, but the problem is that he pretty much stopped growing emotionally at some point and acts more like a young teen than someone approaching their midtwenties. He's decided that he no longer wants his job (this is the first job he's been able to get in the line of work he's always wanted to be in ), he no longer wants to buy that car he's been dreaming about (he says its too much responsibility for him) all he wants to do is sit at home and play on the computer all day and not have a care in the world.

We have all tried to reason with him about this and anytime we try to talk to him, he just completely blows up. He and I went out for supper tonight and he ended up yelling and swearing at me there for trying to tell him that he needs to get his priorities straight and learn to grow up a little.

none of us know how to deal with him anymore He really doesn't have any interest in growing up because he hates the idea of taking on any kind of responsibility and change. No one is even asking him to move out of his parents house, but even just getting a car to make things easier for everyone (rather than everyone having to rearrange their schedules to make sure he has a ride) is completely out of the question in his mind.

Needless to say, all of us are at our wits ends with him. And I wasn't even sure who I could talk to about this. Does anyone have any advice? How can we talk with him and encourage him to start taking on some responsibilities without getting him angry?

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