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I hate to say it, but if Timmy's happy with this, who are we to try and force him to live a more normal life? Normal lives are for normal people. Would it really be better for him, and for society, if we dragged him away from his police scanner and Wordpress dashboard to try and teach him how to live like a normal person?

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I think that the problem comes when he withdraws too far into his own little 'wordpress+police scanner' world. Much in the same way that people with heavy addictions (even WoW addictions) can withdraw from everything else. There is a line, don't pretend that there isn't one. It's just not at either extreme of the spectrum.

He already has autism, what makes you think he'll be better off doing... well... what do you suggest he do instead?

Depending on the severity of the autism symptoms, he could try to get a more normal life. And no, I don't agree with the term normal since what is normal these days? Shooting people during a drive-by? Eating hamburgers all day? Using drugs and do everything possible to sustain that way of life? No. To me, that is not normal, but it is average in our society. He's not average, but he's using his capability to feed his interests. So let him.

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