Hi,
I am new on this forum and stumbled across some wise posts when looking for answers as to whether children with Asperger's are capable of lying. I have 13 year old twin sons and they are both diagnosed with Asperger's although J has the autism diagnosis and A the Asperger's one. J is incapable of telling lies although he has tried it and failed miserably. A on the other hand has been telling lies since as long as I can remember. That in itself doesn't bother me, its the fact that they have evolved now and it involves trying to get his brother into trouble and I don't know how to deal with that. He has admitted to being jealous of his brother because his brother is well behaved due to being a rule following autistic child, whereas A is highly anxious and if there is a rule it is there to be broken. He seems to struggle with the fact that they both have the same condition but are so completely different, making out that his brother is far worse behaved than what we believe him to be (lie). Can anyone help? I think that a lot of what A is feeling could be normal sibling rivalry but it is the jealousy that is worrying me because I know first hand how destructful it can be. (my sister was/still is very jealous of me growing up claiming that I was the favourite and more spoiled for being the youngest). I live in Glasgow, Scotland by the way. Any advice greatly appreciated
Thanks in advance