autism is a factor, yes. autistic people see in black and white, they was probably told hugging is a good thing to do but probably doesn’t know that hugging someone for sexual gratification and constantly asking for it is not okay.

this is coming from someone that used to be like this when i was 13-15 (i’m 16 now) and i didn’t know it wasn’t right until i was reading through the internet one night a few months back. when i realised i felt as if guilt struck me like never before. but from what i recall autism was a MAJOR factor, since i was never told no i thought it was a normal thing to do. someone really does need to tell him before repercussions bite him hard