Hello All,
I was hoping I could ask a question about my brother.
Simply put, he's in his late thirties and has Aspergers - can he get any kind of disability benefits for this?
Further information: he currently works part time for our Mum in her shop, but he requires a lot of support from her to be able to do that and to be able to live his life in general, for instance he lives right next door to our Mum and she has to answer all his mail and deal with all of his finances. He left school with no qualifications at all because they are simply beyond him.
Mum can't actually afford to employ him, but feels obliged to as the extent of his Aspergers has always meant he's found the world of proper work difficult. He has an excellent work ethic and has always tried to work (albeit menial jobs like factory work and cleaning) but we find he gets confused and taken advantage of.
I suspect that if Mum sacked him he may be entitled to some kind of disability benefit, but I have no idea about the ins and outs of it all. The problem is further compounded, I suspect, by the fact he's never had a formal diagnosis of Aspergers since it wasn't discovered until he was an adult (when a psychiatrist that I was seeing met him). I am 100% sure that he has got it, though, and would easily get a diagnosis if it was required, although he might object as he believes his Aspergers has gone away and that he is 'normal' now.
He's very much dependent on my Mum's support and will never have the capacity to be able to independently run his life - is there anything available for his situation?
Thanks for any replies.
I was hoping I could ask a question about my brother.
Simply put, he's in his late thirties and has Aspergers - can he get any kind of disability benefits for this?
Further information: he currently works part time for our Mum in her shop, but he requires a lot of support from her to be able to do that and to be able to live his life in general, for instance he lives right next door to our Mum and she has to answer all his mail and deal with all of his finances. He left school with no qualifications at all because they are simply beyond him.
Mum can't actually afford to employ him, but feels obliged to as the extent of his Aspergers has always meant he's found the world of proper work difficult. He has an excellent work ethic and has always tried to work (albeit menial jobs like factory work and cleaning) but we find he gets confused and taken advantage of.
I suspect that if Mum sacked him he may be entitled to some kind of disability benefit, but I have no idea about the ins and outs of it all. The problem is further compounded, I suspect, by the fact he's never had a formal diagnosis of Aspergers since it wasn't discovered until he was an adult (when a psychiatrist that I was seeing met him). I am 100% sure that he has got it, though, and would easily get a diagnosis if it was required, although he might object as he believes his Aspergers has gone away and that he is 'normal' now.
He's very much dependent on my Mum's support and will never have the capacity to be able to independently run his life - is there anything available for his situation?
Thanks for any replies.