Autistic students of ESL

I recently acquired a new student, she is about 5 or 6 years old, and I believe she is autistic. I teach in Japan and they do not seem to really acknowlege such dissabilities and I`m expected to teach her just as I would any other child. I am not qualified, according to American standards, to teach an autistic child. So, I need help. I need suggestions on things to do in my class in order to try to get a response out of her. The class that I am teaching her in is orriginally designed for children between 1-2 years old. She can not speak and her attention span is very small. The only thing she did respond to verbally was the 1 little 2 little 3 little indians song (we usually do monkies, but her father requested indians for some reason). One of our books, I love Mommy, has a section that is about combing hair. It says Mommy can comb my hair. She doesn`t speak during this section, but she takes the cardboard comb and combs her hair and when her mom combs her hair she giggles and laughs and gets a giant smile. She also really enjoys active things, but the class has very little room for making the subjects of the lessons into activities where you are up and doing something. We usually stand up/sit down between sections of the lesson, but she doesn`t really understand that, and most of the lesson she runs around the room touching things on the wall and not paying attention to me. I know with autistic children that routines are necessary as well as visual cues, but I am not completely sure how to begin establishing these with a child who has a 3 second attention span, no english knowlege and no speaking abilities. Her parents seem very frustrated that I won`t force her to do as I`ve told her and allow her to have a bit more freedom in how she does things (like coloring on everything except the pictures during the coloring section of the lesson). Any suggestions?