Check the ASD-competent support services available in your area. Stay away from providers who reference Kanner. Seek out those familiar with Wing and/or Attwood (or later).So if you don't think that CBT is a very good regimen, is there another therapy design that you think is effective, or is the diversity of individuality among Asperger's too varied to make that kind of recommendation.
A beneficial counselor will help your son make peace with his ASD1 (& giftedness?) and help him to better navigate the NT world. If he is still physically vulnerable to bullies,* he will, at least, understand that it is the other person's problem and not because he is defective.
That sense of defectiveness can also hinder his interest in dating. I got married at 21, but dating doesn't usually work the same way for autistics as it seems to for NTs.
Being secure in who he is will help that, too.
*Some kids are physically imposing enough that they are seldom threatened.
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