Do you ask questions that you already know the answer to?

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I do it to confirm I am right

Sometimes I do this in conversation with strangers just to keep a conversation going.

In private I can ask questions as a kind of stim or compulsion - for example, asking my mum "where's the cat?"- even if the cat is right in front of me or I know I already asked this question five minutes ago. I sometimes do this when a painful memory bubbles up in my head and it helps block this out.

I've often wondered why my mum hasn't commented on me behaving like this...

Yes I do Its just part of my autism!

I've done this in the past just to start a conversation. If someone tries to teach me things I already know then at least we're interacting. Obviously it's not the best way to get people talking but if I have nothing meaningful to say it's like the Autistic version of small talk. I don't do it as often I used to.

Edit: Added the word often to the last sentence because it didn't make sense

only when i need confirmation/reassurance, which is often.

also i ask when someone suspects that i'm not caring, like when i find out something by myself and they may be wondering why i didn't ask them.

I no longer do this, but I used to do it all the time when I was much younger. I think it'll probably pass.

I used to do this as a kid. Or sometimes if someone asked me a question I'd pretend not to know the answer. I don't know why I did that. I didn't know why I did it at the time either.