It struck me that perhaps Hashem also wants to you help open the connection for other people non-verbal autism, like you did with Ari. You seem to be able to understand the unspoken word.

Aside for creating the awareness that they have so much to offer. You might also be uniquly positioned to help unlock those treasures for others who haven’t yet found the key.

I want to point out something i read:
“Most are simply so afraid to meet themselves that they have resorted to external rituals as a means to quell their conscience. A sad replacement for the beauty and joy of a relationship with Creator.”

While I’m not sure if i understand “external rituals” to mean mitzvos/ practicing Judaism on a very basic level or something entirely different. From the viewpoint of Chassidus, it is still commendable that people do external acts, even if it were a means to “quell their conscience”. Judaism is about tapping into our conscience, but sometimes what we think is “external” is actually very much an integral part of our internal selves, we are only seeing it mirrored in the view of another person, or other sight that meets our eyes.

May we all be cognizant of our deep connection to Gd in a way that it reflects from inside out, not only from “outside” in.

Thank you