Could this person that I know have autism for many reasons listed below?

[Steven80000]

1. He was tested for autism at least once when he was a minor.

2. He hates phone calls with nearly everyone except two people. It is super super super rare that he likes phone calls with anyone and he has been alive 34 years.

3. With nearly everyone he has to do something while talking, regardless if it is in person, online, etc. He has to walk, eat, play video games, etc.

4. He needs a social recharge with nearly everyone after talking to them.

5. He can't relate to nearly everyone. It is super super rare.

6. He has an obsession with his romantic partner to the point he can't live without her. He almost committed suicide because of how he can't relate to nearly everyone, about his obsession with his romantic partner.

[msc545]

Maybe so, maybe not, but I think people with no training who are trying to diagnose mental illness, particularly in others, are making a big mistake. It's really not your business, and whatever you conclude is probably going to be a wrong. Mental health diagnosis is very complex and nuanced, and it doesn't consist of just checking off items on a list.

[Steven80000]

Not my business? He is my friend

[Ez-Bri-Z_v2]

I don't know if it makes him autistic. I mean I fit some of those like hating phone calls, needing recharging after being around large crowds or new people and I just chalk it up to social anxiety, not autism.

[Steven80000]

I listed it as a possibility because a huge portion of people list how autistic people hate phone calls with nearly everyone, etc But I want to know what other people think.

[Steven80000]

And with social anxiety I don't think so because he does it with nearly everyone he knows too. Out of his whole life he only likes phone calls with two people

[Ez-Bri-Z_v2]

Very few of us are even equipped to diagnose something like that and the ones who are would have to meet with your friend before making that determination. Saying he is autistic based on that very narrow list is doing him a disservice

[Steven80000]

One thing for sure, him being obsessed with his romantic partner to the point he can't live without her is not good. It is good to want a romantic partner but not NEED one. And yeah I am not saying he is autistic for sure, I am saying a possibility. What do you think of him being obsessed with his romantic partner to the point he can't live without her?

[Steven80000]

Also I don't look down on people with autism , just wondering things. And I am concerned about his mental state with being obsessed with his romantic partner. I know not all autistic people are suicidal or obsessed with their romantic partner.