Brian, a resident you know has ASD has just come knocking loudly your door at 11:00 at night. You open the door and can see he is very upset, as he is shaking and sweating and has what you perceive to be a very angry face. You immediately welcome him into the room, take a seat and ask him how he is doing. “Not good. Not good at all!” Brian replies as he paces back and forth, rubbing his arms. Brian continues to speak, saying that he “cannot take it any longer,” and begins to share what has been bothering him about his roommate, such as his roommate frequently playing loud rap music. Brian explains that the constant rap music makes him uncomfortable, not only because of the sheer loudness, but also because of its sexual content and objectification and misogynistic treatment of women. He keeps saying over and over again that he just does not like that. Finally, Brian is able to move on and starts talking about another thing that is bothering him about his roommate.

            Brian is also upset because the roommate always has a lot of friends over, especially in the evenings, but Brian wants to have some time alone in his room to play video games. Today he had just come back from a club meeting and walked into his room to find his roommate and 3 of his roommate’s friends playing Brian’s video games on Brian’s X-box. The roommate turned around and said, “dude, I hope you don’t mind but we’re playing your X-box; I would’ve asked but you weren’t here.” Brian explains to you that he knew he was very upset and wouldn’t be able to respond without yelling or making a scene, so he immediately just turned around and came here. This is the first time you are hearing about Brian having any rooming difficulty. Brian asks you if it would be possible for him to change rooms. How do you respond?