Name changed for this as don't want to out ds2
He's 17 and not coping very well with school. For the last few years his main (only) interest has been computer games. He has ASD and zero social skills and at first we encouraged his online gaming as we thought at least it was some form of interaction, even if not face to face.
However over the last year or so his computer gaming has got out of control. If left to his own devices he'd be on the computer every waking moment. We realised he was going back downstairs to play after everyone else had gone to bed (high spec gaming desktop that he built himself so not in his room). Apart from school he doesn't leave the house. He's not doing any exercise, not even things like taking the dog for a walk. If he's not on the computer he just stays in bed until mid afternoon. He's not eating or drinking properly or taking care of himself (has to be pushed to have a shower).
He apparently has people at school who he says he's friends with but he never sees them outside school (he hasn't been out to a social occasion other than family gatherings since Y7). And now he's in sixth form he comes home for free periods and at lunch so isn't having much social interaction at school now either.
To complicate matters further he's exceptionally tall and thin (6'6" and still growing with a