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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 705232" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>You have gotten excellent advice here. An attorney is often needed for ssi/ssdi. Clear medical records are also often needed. If your parents are willing to push him, I would suggest testing by a neuropsychologist. They can often be found at university hospitals or large hospitals. They are NOT psychiatrists and they are not therapists, so they are not going to sit and do hours of therapy. THey are psychologists, but they do testing more than the therapy that your brother has objected to. </p><p></p><p>One thing that might get your brother and parents to be more involved with this is that your parents won't be around forever. At some point they won't be able to care for your brother, and it won't be fair to ask you to do so. If they can get testing done and arrange for SSI, then he would be taken care of. It would be safer for him in the long run, even if he was upset about it and they had to push things in the short run.</p><p></p><p>I am sorry this is such a difficult thing for your family. If they don't want it to change, it won't change. You can do nothing about it unless they want it to change. Likely the best thing you can do is to build a healthy life for yourself. It will make your parents happy to know that at least one of their children is happy and successful. </p><p></p><p>I do agree that your brother seems to have some autism like characteristics, but of course no one here can diagnose. But if I had to guess, I would guess autism. I have a very high functioning son and he lives alone, has a full time job, supports himself, and does very well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 705232, member: 1233"] You have gotten excellent advice here. An attorney is often needed for ssi/ssdi. Clear medical records are also often needed. If your parents are willing to push him, I would suggest testing by a neuropsychologist. They can often be found at university hospitals or large hospitals. They are NOT psychiatrists and they are not therapists, so they are not going to sit and do hours of therapy. THey are psychologists, but they do testing more than the therapy that your brother has objected to. One thing that might get your brother and parents to be more involved with this is that your parents won't be around forever. At some point they won't be able to care for your brother, and it won't be fair to ask you to do so. If they can get testing done and arrange for SSI, then he would be taken care of. It would be safer for him in the long run, even if he was upset about it and they had to push things in the short run. I am sorry this is such a difficult thing for your family. If they don't want it to change, it won't change. You can do nothing about it unless they want it to change. Likely the best thing you can do is to build a healthy life for yourself. It will make your parents happy to know that at least one of their children is happy and successful. I do agree that your brother seems to have some autism like characteristics, but of course no one here can diagnose. But if I had to guess, I would guess autism. I have a very high functioning son and he lives alone, has a full time job, supports himself, and does very well. [/QUOTE]
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