Parenting & Autism Discussions

I just want to try to figure this out. You don't have to be a parent to answer.

He's done this for a long time but it's increasingly more frustrating to me. He'll ask me a question or say something and then repeat it two or three times without giving me a chance to say anything in the meantime. If I don't answer instantly, he will usually start again in increments of three in the exact same tone he started with like I didn't hear him or angrily if he's in a bad mood. A lot of times this was said with a whine or anger but he'll also say it a lot just in normal conversation. He'll do this consistently when I'm already talking or busy driving, etc.

I used to have the best patience and mostly still do, but it runs thin quickly with him when he does this. The repeating can quickly turn into badgering. He is not even listening to my answer so even if he stops because he was distracted, he will start all over again once he remembers. A lot of times he is yelling. He does have...