I'm a mental health professional (retired) and would suggest something bright without being chaotic. My DIL deals with severe anxiety and like bright and heavy. So a weighted blanket is reassuring to someone with anxiety or autism. Even a quilt that has a double bat (maybe a cotton/poly and a poly or cotton/poly & wool combo). She also is trying to convince me to make her a new lap quilt with minky on the back after using mine while here for medical tests which reinforced her mental health diagosis--so that is what Christmas will be.