“Autism” has been widely expanded to include even minor discomfort with change. This does help people who do genuinely have Autism be recognized as such and receive assistance where needed, but it also blankets people who don’t truly have Autism, and who simply exhibit some behaviors commonly associated with it. This sounds as if it may be that, but if he is Autistic, those behaviors should have been mitigated at a much younger age. It’ll be nearly impossible to break them now that he’s an adult.
Some diagnosed autistic need the manpower that large institutes provided to contain their violence. Not classroom or group homes
Prediction. Within 10 years these diagnosises will be killed by the states.