I'm 13 and have a question about Autism

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You are a 13 year old boy. That is part of your job description.

JD just came in and either ask me are gave me a lecturer if I touched his stuff "my room touch my stuff not do it again you need nothing in my room" I write it like he said it because I'm trying to learn if I'm in trouble, of course, I did not go in his room

Tell him, "The stuff you took from my room belongs to me. It does not belong to you. You took my stuff and put it in your room. It is not yours, it is mine. I will take it if I need it." Then tell him, "You have your own stuff. That belongs to you. But what you took in my room belongs to me." Be very firm with him. He needs to learn this. If he has a fit, just ignore it. Don't reward him with attention if he has a fit. If he gets angry when you say this, that is a tantrum, not a meltdown.

It could be a delayed response. You can ask him what he meant. He seems pretty adamant. I am sure he will try to tell you if you tell him that you don't understand why he said that.

That's half the fun. You are constantly learning!

so not sure how to word this question. so here we go in the last week JD has started talking (a LOT) it is kind of like a switch flipped in his head, Today we went to the ranch because I had to help rotate cattle from one pasture to another. JD wanted to go which was fine with me He fell in love with my old horse he rode him and went with us to move cows. My old horse is such a good horse. Mom called him my babysitter when I was little. I wonder if all this is too much to fast. Like today he did not talk much while we worked I mean there is a lot going on at one time.
My stepdad is very city and he was overwhelmed by it all, he said he thinks it was too much beside he was the new guy so he was the drag rider (bad job). He knows I'm asking about it on here he asks me to. JD seemed overwhelmed but not like a meltdown, overwhelmed more like trying to take it all in at once if that makes sense. He did want on my horse with me at one point, but I think it was because I was catching stray cattle so we move fast. I think he even laughed. how do we know if this whole new life for him is too much to fast or I guess what signs do we need to watch for. I know this is probably the hardest question yet.

If he's enjoying his "new life," why not continue to let him enjoy it?

If he gets upset, then he needs to calm down and maybe go somewhere else. But if he's not "melting down," let him do what he's doing. He can learn a lot from what he's doing, and from you, too.

That's what I think.