My son (16m) recently started following this account on Instagram/Tiktok by this mom who posts videos of her autistic teen son. The kid is low-functioning (I don't know the politically correct way to say this) and he can't talk, can't understand complicated concepts etc. At first, my son started constantly referencing this account at inappropriate times like family dinner (making jokes about it, randomly showing me edits he made of the account), but that was harmless enough. However, lately, my son has been imitating this kid and it's ruining my home life. When I ask him to do basic chores, he "stims" instead and refuses to do them. When i ask what he wants for dinner, he lists off ingredients in this weird way that doesn't make any sense (ex. "chicken, taco, onion"). He won't even answer me in complete sentences anymore when we talk. He's even doing random things around the house like dumping out entire cartons of milk into the sink and refusing to explain himself. At first i laughed it off but this is actually making it impossible for my son to talk normally, he even randomly makes these noises when he's talking to his friends and I've gotten calls home from school. I'm not saying it's bad to be autistic, but my son isn't and never has been, and this has started to interfere with his entire life.