Is there any medication that can combat aggression in a child with Asperger Syndrome?
Not that I’m aware of, medication is not the best solution to behaviour problems anyway. As an adult with Asperger’s Syndrome, I have had some experience of struggling to control my temper when I was younger, mostly brought on by intense frustration or deliberate provocation. Many children with AS find it frustrating to be around non-AS children, mostly because they can’t easily relate to them. The AS child might actually want to spend some time by himself, I know I did. From my experience younger siblings can be very annoying to an AS child, try keeping them apart or setting clear rules about potential areas of conflict, such as computer games, TV, favourite toys etc. My real breakthough came when I released that I was capable of seriously injuring another person, and that was abhorrent to me. Try explaining to him that you are worried about him hurting his brother and it is making you unhappy. I found that when I had chores to do such as washing up or cleaning the car, or weeding the
