That being said, my kid will probably be lucky, as I work a lot with autistic people, so my patience is literally infinite.
Seems to go with the territory. My mother-in-law is patient too, as she did similar in her career. Not just autistic, but with a range of other issues, including deaf. As a result, when my daughter would stay with them as a baby, she would be doing tasks meant for older people with learning difficulties - which gave her a great foundation to start with.
Parents seem to spend so little time with their kids these days, yet expect the kids to respect and listen to them.
Yes, I cannot wait to test a theory, that said that deaf people sign from 6-7 month old, soat that age they can learn few signs, like food, toilet and drink. How much will this make the parenting easier, as instead of crying is signing the signs for food, toilet or drink, 6 months before starting to talk. The horror!