## Superstitions about children replaced with changelings could coincide with observations of autistic children by neurotypical parents > In particular, it has been suggested that autistic children would likely be labeled as changelings or elf-children due to their strange, sometimes inexplicable behavior. For example, this association might explain why fairies are often described as having an obsessive impulse to count things like handfuls of spilled seeds. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changeling#:~:text=In%20particular%2C%20it,of%20spilled%20seeds.