I want to take a moment and correct you. "Stepping In" with children who are diagnosed with autism does help. ASD causes developmental delays with motor skills and speech and language as well as sensory processing/integration issues and deficits with social communication. Occupational, Speech and Language and Behavior therapy can improve adaptive functioning in children with ASD especially if started early. A person with autism will always have autism but there are many therapies and interventions that can lesson the gap with certain skill deficits and improve social communication and lesson sensory issues.

My son has autism and I teach students with autism. My entire life is about "stepping in" to help.