I can’t imagine your frustration trying to do right as a parent and wanting so badly to get the needed help and information. My good friend was a special education teacher that spoke of different techniques needed differently for each child and degree of autism. She was the most patient and calm person I ever knew. She had several trips to ER for injuries sustained in class, but never ever blamed the child. I keep reading about the increased child vaccinations now required compared to the number few decades ago. If we had a real NIH instead of an agency in lockstep with big pharma, maybe we would know why autism has increased so much in the last 20-30 years. I don’t think these commenters mean to make light of persons with medical/mental diagnoses, but rather the ones using long covid as an excuse to be lazy, not work, not change their diet or lack of exercise.