I don't have the freedom to date. AS related?

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Wow. Seems you're more worried about your parents than you are about yourself. I don't know your parents but I think you're blowing things out of proportion. You need to set boundaries with your parents.

^agree with Blammo.
Also I'm pretty sure your parents would be happy to see you making new friends, even if their first reaction is a bit overwhelming. You shouldn't be afraid of telling them. In my opinion keeping a lie is way more stressing.

I agree with Blammo as well, I should just stand up to them. See what I'm concerned about is that if I say I'm going out but not with my 2 male friends who I usually socialize with they'll not allow me to leave the house. Now I realize, I'm in my late 20s and I'm a free man so they can't do that. Even if I do tell them it's with a young woman who works in the café, they'll say "what have you been doing while you've been down the town on your own?". They probably see the staff down there as only being there to serve me food and drink and not to make friends with etc. So that would be the beginning of the awkward questions and them saying "no!". They're small minded in some things.

I'm not helping, I'm just creating more problems. Sorry, my self-confidence goes up and down. I'm probably right in what I've said though. I think we're getting to the core issues now - I want to go out outside of my established routines but I believe that my parents won't let me if they know it's with a woman through lack of trust even though I've been going out on my own for just over two years now without any problems. It might just be that they're not used to the idea. They'd also be wary of what type of person she is and what might happen, I know for a fact that they're liike that. If you're wondering why I've only been going out independently for two years, my life was a small one until a year after my diagnosis and part of that was that I didn't have the skills or the development to go out independently that I do now.

At this point I'd like to say thanks for your patience as this thread has grown longer.

Heres the thing:

I was there.
I have had to go binge drinking with people and have my sister crash on us and I managed to make it seem somewhat normal, I have had to explain to my parents what I was doing every day for several years. . .
When did it stop: When it got to a point where they got tired of it themselves.

How do you manage this:
You need to start going out with your friends more frequently.

Every saturday for example you tell your parents "hey Im going out", when they ask where you tell them that you are just going to go around town with your two friends.
After a period of about a month they are very likely to assume that you are going to meet your friends whenever you go out and they wont ask

Sounds almost like my situation...minus the woman being interesting in me part.

Why don't you just see if she asks you out first without jumping to conclusions.

I find it very hard to believe they would not let you leave the house to go on a date, actually to leave the house in general.

It really sounds like either your mispercieving things, or your parents should win an award for infantalizing you to the point of a pre-teen.

I still have a feeling your blowing it out of proportion.

What if you start introducing her. Say for example that you met a girl at the cafe today that seemed nice. Next time you go back, mention her again. That way it seems like you are getting to know her before you tell them your going out with her.

Your parents can't seriously expect you to hang out with two guys forever, unless they want you to be gay.

how can they possibly make sure you don't leave the house???

I'm really sorry you have to ask for permission to make new friends, that is horrible!

You're spot on ayla. If I want to go out of the house on my own other than through one of the two pre-established patterns I mentioned earlier my parents would find out all the details first and then it would be up to them whether I leave the house or not. If they say no but I was to go out anyway they would start shouting and my Dad would follow me. This is due to lack of trust because I haven't been doing it all along as I was recovering from stress until 2009/2010. I do get out with male friends and they provide me with a comfortable home life but the very couple of weeks that I know I can get all that I'm getting now without them, I'm moving out.

I'm sorry you are going through this crap.
Now I really think you should seek professional help, maybe attend some group therapy with your parents, it's really obvious they have big issues with you growing up.

ETA: And no, I don't think this is AS related at all, your problem here is your parents, not your AS.