Katiebug loves her Easter Eggers... she loves their funny faces, lots of colors, blue eggs, and the fact that they are kid friendly - at least mine have been. She is especially fond of Agatha.....
Our Cuckoo Marans are her other favorites - especially Cora. Nice dark brown eggs, good body...
Welcome! Sounds like you certainly have your work cut out for you! Rather than going into a long dissertation here, I'll simply say that my now 9 year old granddaughter lives across the street. She, too, has high functioning autism. But she's been involved with the chickens since day one...