Huh. That says something about autism. I noticed my step-daughter has difficulty shifting out of states or shifting out of pre-planned things.
One of my parenting strategies for stopping undesired behavior was to "reboot their brain". Versus scolding, punishment, etc. That usually means something physical. When timeouts stopped working on my minions, I escalated to pushups, then sit ups, then jumping jacks, peeking at wind sprints (running back and forth).
It's very hard for a child to continue being naughty when they're pumping iron.
What if all of Spartan culture was simply a parenting trick run riot?