Autistic Children & How to discipline them.

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A very old family friend of ours was married to a mildly autistic man, when she married him she had no idea he was autistic untill years into the marriage little things starting showing up and finally his family told her that he was autistic. She stayed with him for about 11 years after that and just three years ago she got a divorce. She has five children, four from her first husband. Anyways onto the point, two of her children are autistic. Her four year old son and eight year old daughter. Her four year old is extremely violent and seems to be immune to pain ( I dont know if thats possible but he doesnt even flintch if a chair falls on him or anything ). He bites, kicks and punches her when he doesnt get his way, Alot of the time he will bite her attatching his self to her and he will not let go. She doesnt know what to do with him, yelling and screaming at him does nothing, putting him in the corner does nothing and he only eats french fries and unedible things like cat litter, paint, paper, dirt and the like and he refuses to eat any normal food. Another thing, he doesnt talk so that just makes the situation harder. Does anyone have any tips on what she can do to try to control her son a little bit? She has tried everything but then again she has no experience with autistic children. Thanks in advance for whatever advice you guys can give.