As mother of a young child with probable AS, I found that painful to watch. He was being ridiculed and the audience were laughing at him. He obviously has an ASD and I assume his parents are aware of it. I would never allow my daughter to go on TV, without that being made clear to the TV production company and especially the interviewer. She would also be accompanied by an adult.
He does have an ASD. I read that somewhere on FB and his parents for some reason don't want to express that. Someone came online and said they personally know the child and he does have an ASD. I think it was in a group about him or what is an autism group? I don't remember.