I can only speak of one autistic child, my nephew Nathaniel. He is severely autistic, and has never spoken a single word. He's 12 now. He is not potty-trained.
He is clearly a special needs child, and in his case it's genetic. There are autistic ancestors on both his mother's and father's sides of the family going back several generations.
I can't imagine that Nathaniel is somehow a being with a higher vibration, or belongs on a higher plane. I think he is a boy afflicted by a genetic problem that makes his life different, and his parents' life difficult.
But as I said, I can only speak of the one autistic child I Know.
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