I do not fit in with the other moms!

As a woman with the same "problem," when should we hang out! LOL. I had my daughter at 17, and now at 25 with an almost 8 year old it really kicks me out of the social groups with other moms. I'm also unmarried and my daughter has autism. I don't even fit in with other moms of special needs kids because my daughter isn't "classic" autism. She's very verbal, very social, so I spend the conversation pointing out why she was diagnosed and how she is actually autistic. If we're with a group of typical kids, she's the weird one. When she was between 1 and 2, we would go to parks, and while other moms were frantically trying to get their kid to stop climbing, stop eating sand, stop BEING A KID, my daughter was sliding backwards and head first, licking sand when she thought I wasn't looking, and would leave the park looking like a child, dirty, sweaty, sticky, and stinky. I have the same problem with my almost 4 year old son. He does go to a special needs preschool program, but takes the bus so I don't have much of a chance meeting parents. And again, there's the age. Most of the kids in his class have older siblings, and the parents are usually much older. I encourage my son to climb up slides, because it's a good way to throw in some physical therapy at the park. He loves to dig and play with bugs. He jumps in puddles, and he's allowed to. I also get along with other kids' fathers much more often. I have no interest in the rediculous arguments that break out during PTA meetings, and I don't have my kids overloaded with activities every single day. My daughter takes Violin lessons on Saturdays, and my son takes martial arts classes 2 times per week for behavior and more physical therapy. I also find most women quite annoying!