Apparently I'm not a writer?

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I'm stuck I cant seem to finish my book. Actually I cant seem to finish any book idea I start,
But this one I MUST finish.
I'm having a hard time subtly hinting the lead characters troubles has to do with Aspergers.
I keep thinking too big and too wide, and if I narrow it down, after research I see that its been done already.
( I dont want to use words like, loner, freak, glasses, weird, and of course Aspergers)
I want the story to deal with overall character and dialogue

the book is geared towards 3-7 year olds,
the characters are birds personified.
I will also be doing the illustrations, I would insert a copy of the first page but idk,
any advice is greatly appreciated

Trust me, there isn't a writer alive who hasn't felt the sense of despair and failure that you've expressed. I've been down that road more times than I can count. There are a lot of things I've started but never finished. I'm currently working on a story I had given up on over a year ago. Louis L'aMour, during an interview with 60 Minutes said he had shelves filled with unfinished manuscripts, and he was a successful, published author. My advice is, don't despair. If you have to step back for some perspective, or just to give yourself a rest from a certain project, then do. After all, Stephen King's Gunslinger series came to be, when over the years, he'd get stuck on a book or story, he'd work on this thing about alternate world gunfighter Roland - - and lo and behold, a whole series of books eventually emerged from what started out as an exercise against writer's block.

Do what you want 'cause a writer is free!You are a writer! Being a writer is alright to be! Do what you want 'cause a writer is free! You are a writer!

My advice is to decide a fixed schedule and try to stick to it as much as possible. I'm working on the first draft of my current novel and try to write a section at-least every two days. I find posting my work online helps too, it doesn't have to be a place that gets much traffic and you can delete the public post once you're done, but knowing that I might have a hypothetical reader expecting the next part soon is a good motivator to get something out there