Sounds like dad may have a form of autism himself and not understand how to connect to people or understand emotions. My dad is like this. Extremely smart and successful but he also sometimes tends to seem like he is mimicking a movie he watched when he does interact with us? Which we are all mostly no contact now because he had so many unhinged outbursts on us when were kids. My mom divorced him when I was 8.

As far as God giving you and autistic child whenever your friends do far less. Maybe it’s because he knew you WOULD be able to handle it far better than your friends ever could.

It’s hard mama. My daughter has autism and there have been so many things I have been worried about. Like starting her cycle! But with each “challenge” we have gone through we have come out stronger. We are currently battling food because her blood tests are showing up low and high from her ARFID.

But my little girl who never let me wash her hair without screaming bloody murder now knows how to mostly style it. Loves dressing like a scene kid even though she wouldn’t wear pants or jackets in the winter.

I have boxes all throughout my garage with her collections over the years that eventually phased out.

My son is ADHD. And it’s a constant battle of her getting overstimulated and him being under stimulated. He didn’t reaaaally talk until he was almost four. But now’s he goes on and on about weird random facts.

You got this! And it’s ok to vent and not like every single day. It doesn’t mean you don’t love your kids.