Sometimes when I talk to my autistic brother he'll answer a question with a ton of sort-of related facts.
Eg:
Me: Mum asked me to sort out your kindle. Is it okay if I touch it?
Him: well you see, the problems with it started last week and... (etc)
He did not tell me if I could touch it.
I find it really confusing, and it makes it a lot harder to help him with his problems.
Is this just a regular autism thing I don't get, or am I phrasing questions wrong, or what?