6 year old writes book on how to handle autistic parents

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Boy, 6, becomes Britain's youngest published author

Well that's cheeky but she's a kid so it's better than being a so called 'autism parent' and making a child's neurodiversity all about oneself.

I was relatively spoilt as a kid but if I was cheeky enough to talk about how to handle my mum, I would have got loss of privileges.

Most kids I know would've got a smacked bottom for it.

My kids definitely have to "handle" me, e.g. deal with my hyperfocus and poor executive functioning. However, I wouldn't like this knowledge published with my name and photo attached to it.
But if one day they joined a community of "children of autistic parents support group", I wouldn't be offended at all.

Not a parent nor have any autistic parent, but I like it and the whole idea too.

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Just to read the origional post. Unless I have read it wrong, the 6 year old who was 5 writing it is a he and not a she. I thought I would say this incase he reads this thread and says "I am not a girl!"
It means a lot to a six year old to get his gender right.

It is lovely to write a boom at that age. My brother was drawing plans and measuring them out and he made himself wings when he was around three. He had me cut selotape for him as he could not fid the end, and he made his wings from cardboard and wood.
Then we had to rush otside as there he was standing on top of the slide my Dad had made (Dad was a carpenter and had made him an excellent slide which was quite high) and he was just about to jump!