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Originally Posted by kaplods
I would further guess that his poor social skills, "strangeness," and inappropriate "thinking out loud" might even be symptoms of something like Asperger's syndrome. A high-level autism, in which a person just doesn't understand the normal rules of social interaction. A person with Asperger's can be incredibly intelligent, and yet completely unable to understand and follow the social rules and standards most people take for granted.
He's unfortunately, not just being rude and thinking it's funny (that's another guy in this circle of friends), he just doesn't understand the distinction between thoughts that should be better left unsaid. He does know that he doesn't "get it" and that stuff he says often makes people angry, but he doesn't understand why it makes people angry, so most of the time he says nothing at all (but when he does speak, man is it usually a doozy).
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Exactly what I was thinking. My son has mild Asperger's. You might not guess that there was anything wrong with him, or you might think he's is just a bit odd if you spend time with him. While he is a very kind, loving person, he sometimes says inappropriate things. I never know whether to attribute it to being a teenage boy or to the Asperger's. He has never had a date and high school at times was very challenging.
Just as bad as it is to call people "fat", I've always felt it cruel when people call him "weirdo" and stuff like that. Obviously we've corrected him when he's said somthing that sounds rude, but he still comes up with some zingers sometimes.
