This absolutely. It was no coincidence that my autistic son would get good notes from teacher's about his behavior the same day that he would come home and either cry or go straight to sleep because he was EXHAUSTED. On the days I got phone calls / emails / whatever, he had energy for the evening. While at that school, his anxiety and depression spiked. It was awful.

I joined some FB groups for parents of autistic children and immediately had to get out. It felt so gross.