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[quote=Anonymous]No. You will be very disappointed by hosting an aupair, trust me.
I have twins. One is on the spectrum and one is NT. We tried the aupair route. It was another person in my house who I needed to support and take care of. I wasn't in a place with my career/family/life in general, where taking on another young person to support was sustainable.
It's very difficult to find someone who has any special needs experience. It's tough to find someone with decent english skills which your ASD child will definitely need. We found someone who was a native english speaker which I thought would be better. Who knows.  An aupair will need a pretty consistent schedule or a good deal of notice about working hours. They also can leave and switch families with little notice. You take a huge financial risk by paying for program fees ahead of time. If the aupair leaves, you will most likely end up losing money. 
It worked for a year, but it wasn't an easy year. It made my stress level spike over the holidays. 
If your ASD child is not super tough to manage and your NT child not super tough to manage, it may work out. Taking the child to appointmetns, etc. is rough. It's your car insurance, your car and if something happens, your financial loss. Finding someone who can drive well is a tough find. 
There are benefits to an aupair, but if you can afford a nanny, it's a lot of the same risks involved, but it's also less emotional overhead and upfront financial risk for your family. 
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