Sorry if I've posted in the wrong place. We had a gathering recently with some distant relatives. One of them said to me they think my db (late 50s) is autistic. I mentioned it to him but he was having none of it! Thinking back to our childhood it would explain a lot. For instance:
- was never in to typical 'boys' stuff like football, rough & tumble type things in the playground
- was a bit of a loner as a kid
- as a young adult preferred the company of much older people & was always in town talking to pensioners on park benches etc
- was quite violent towards my mum as a teen & things I did, like experimenting with fashion, hairstyles etc, embarrassed him no end
- always wore a shirt, sometimes with a tie, no matter what the weather
- is very stubborn & takes great pleasure in correcting people, sometimes quite aggressively
- if he tells a story, he'll go on & on for ages, giving you the full unnecessary details
- has never had a proper relationship (to my knowledge)
- has a fantastic memory for facts & figures and things thar happened decades ago, sometimes before he was even born!
Any opinions welcome. Thank you