Thank you both so much. It'll probably take a little while for me to get anywhere (since phone calls are quite difficult) but being able to email will help immeasurably.

It's only ever been apparent through interactions with people and my interests. I've always been fascinated by any number of things. I would collect facts and figures and recite them to pretty much everyone who would listen or car licence plates. Whenever I'm uncomfortable I'll subconsciously fidget or fiddle with something and when I get started talking about something I like it's just a torrent of information. I still to this day do not understand peoples reactions to things I say or do. They seem logical and correct to me but most people seem to either get offended or annoyed.