Meade Skelton is definitely a high functioning autistic man. He has almost child like qualities about him that some people find disturbing, but that is a usual characterisic of the autism spectrum. Symptoms of autism include:
-awkward social interaction with others
-obsession with certain subjects/topics
-stemming (moving in odd ways)
-Narrow intense interests: i.e. country music, mama's family
-Odd speech patterns: voice is either monotone or extremely "sing-song"
-Trouble making eye contact, except with camera
I believe if he fits this criteria, we should all be a little less hard on him
Watch this video and see if you believe otherwise
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ySKkcZaXDE&feature=share&list=UU7efwGoW7Nc9POSnWOEioyg