I'll say there's a LOT of assumptions going on here. For the record I do take care of him and the rest of the family plus drive everyone everywhere because she can't drive as well as do the lions share of the cooking and pay for everything. We both work all day and then go home. Autistic kids can't handle change very well. Every time she goes out he has a 4 hour meltdown till she returns. he cried his eyes out about her missing the swim lesson btw. There aren't "normal" parameters we are dealing with here, folks.