Hey @Movergirl
I am pretty sure that obsession with knives or violence is not a trait of autism. My sister was what they used to classify as asbergers which is now autism, and she was never like that. I am 14 years older than her so I filled more of a parental type role. It is not your job to save her or her son. And like it or not he has a father even if dad is in prison. In fact I would fear for your safety because of the gang ties. The child does not present to me, with respect to the violent thoughts and actions as autistic to me. Maybe someone with an autistic child can chime in. I think autism is misunderstood and can be comorbid with other things. Remember Adam Lanza
He was mentally unwell and many autism advocates fought the association between mass violence and violent tendancies and autism. Its already stigmatized. You can be autistic and be unwell mentally to where it causes you to have violent thoughts.
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