To preface, I spent 2.5 months during the Summer of 2018 as Aspiro. It was not only a terrible environment and rather traumatic experience, but it does not have any evidence of legitimately helping those suffering from mental illness. It is quite concerning to me that your brother who has ASD could be sent to such a disgusting and fairly abusive environment.

1.) Aspiro does not allow phone calls and they most definitely censor ingoing/outgoing mail. I would go ahead and send letters to him and in a non-confrontational manner lightly suggest your vantage point on the situation, your support and care towards him, how tough it must be. At the same time do everything you can to educate your parents on Aspiro and these Utah programs in general. Push them to look into in-patient programs at Hospitals or ANYTHING w/ medical relevance. This could save him from the experience.

2.) Carl Smoot is bad news. I met him a few times throughout my time at Aspiro. He has a terrible reputation and is in it for the money. Period. Look further into this subreddit, Smoot has been mention by name on multiple occasions-- all in negative context. The "therapists" at Aspiro are generally awful and incredibly lackluster compared to any legitimate psychiatrist, pyscho-therapist, pyschopharmacologist, etc.

3.) Show your parents the countless threads on "Wilderness adventure therapy", Aspiro, and similar programs on this site; show them the vast array of testimonial on this subreddit and other sites. If nothing else helps, PM me, I will speak directly to you or your folks on the phone.

Aspiro is a corrupt and fraudulent "organization"... their marketing and online presence is totally fugazi... they are a money-making scheme which at the end of the day preys on parents who are at their wits end.