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I am the mother of a 20 year old son with aspergers. I'm hoping to learn more about aspergers in young adults. I don't see him moving forward with his life. He is in community college but with just a few credits a semester, not very motivated to do much. He stopped most forms of communication with friends and just keeps to himself. His therapist pretty much gave up on him last week, told him to take the summer off. Up until 11th grade in high school he was fairly social, joined clubs, was on the volleyball team, had friends he skateboarded with, even took a few girls to dances and proms but over the past few years he's shutting himself off. Conversations are difficult since he doesn't speak much and they turn out to be me lecturing him. Is this something common with this age? any info will be helpful I'm sure!

Hi. Welcome to Wrong Planet. It's Asperger's, BTW, not Asperger's.

It's nice that, as a mother, you take an interest in his social life. That wasn't the case with me. I was suicidal in college and no one in my family knew. I hid it pretty well.

In college I did hang briefly with the punk kids, but that was short-lived. It's just tough making and maintaining friendships for some on the spectrum. It definitely was for me.

At least you're interested in his welfare. Just keep supporting him and telling him you have his back.

Welcome to Wrong Planet!