Autism and personality disorders are a heady combination. It sounds very much that he should be in a group home with his internet and bank accounts strictly managed. Autists take a long time to learn what is innate to most, and people with personality disorders also have to learn how to wear a human suit. Put the two disorders together, however, you end up with someone so maddening, so obstinate, so entitled, so compulsive, so nonfunctional that they are impossible to cope with.
I feel sorry for Nolan in theory, but if he tried to inflict himself on me irl I'd probably end up grabbing my machete and going Rwanda on him.