 up, I had problems not understanding/respecting people's boundaries, feelings, and emotions, often taking jokes too far and then wondering why people got mad at me. It's just part of my personality (high intelligence, low emotional intelligence stereotype tbh), but I was able to spot and largely self correct many of these problems, to tpahe point I was actually decently popular in high school and college and have a loyal friend group. I do still have these issues today, theyre not all gone, but I was able to largely self-correct these things, and I'm still working on them today.
My younger brother is different. He's never been diagnosed, but both my parents are confident he's on the spectrum. While I started talking at 18 months, he didnt start talking til he was five. He doesn't have any learning disabilities, but socially has been a nightmare for him. He's a lot nicer than me, personality wise. I'm more blunt. Although he is loud and extraverted like me, he's not as aggressive as me. However, he lacks basic social skills, and is still having problems that I was (mostly) over by the age of 14 at 16. I was two years younger, however, he is a year older, than most of the kids in his class. He doesn't really get social ettiquette, proper boundaries with people in general (which will get you in serious trouble as a 6'3" black man like himself), and he doesn't understand when he makes others uncomfortable. It's different from me, where I figure it out and work to correct it overtime, he doesn't have any understanding. My parents don't want him to know he's Asperger's or even get officially diagnosed, for various reasons, and they think sticking him in social situations over and over will help. However, he gets bullied, and can't figure out why, he lacks the ability to make friends, take social queues (which sometimes I struggle with social queues too a little bit, but again, it's something I can figure out that I struggle with and actively improve on, whereas he can't even understand he doesn't understand). Even I noticed he was a little off, so imagine how his classmates treat him. It's taken a real toll on his self-esteem and personality. Me and him are closer than the rest of our family, so he only tells me this type of stuff, but he feels lonely, insecure, ostracized, like there's something wrong with him, scared to make friends, and inferior. And again, being a 6'3' black dude who genuinely has a hard time understanding boundaries, I see how he scares people and makes them uncomfortable, I have had the same issue in the past. But he just doesn't understand, and no one is really telling him these things with love. My parents are against me telling him these things all together, but he's getting more depressed, lonely, and reclusive, and I'm not really sure how to help someone with Asperger's to develop social slkills and make friends, without directly telling them. Nor do I know if directly telling them is the best route to take, if it might damage their self esteem too much. Would anyone with experience in this help? Thanks!

tl;dr: I’m pretty sure low EQ runs in the family, but only my youngest brother is actually on the spectrum. How do I help my younger brother with Asperger’s develop social skills and make friends?Non-Fiction
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