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[quote=Anonymous]I have an ADHD son.
A few things 
...lately he has really been [b]blowing off homework[/b], despite us trying to help and be on top of it. He asked me recently to back off and let him handle it. So, since getting back to school this month, I have. I looked yesterday and he's missing multiple assignments in every single class. [b]He's had time to do them and has chosen not to.[/b]

ADHD - it is not typically a choice to not do them. It is not a motivation thing - he probably is doing his best.
I have been there - my son is in college now and I am still there. 
If I was in your shoes (and have the magic of looking back)
- My DS needed every opportunity to connect socially - we did the same thing of taking away things like that and regretted it.
- Ground rules - no driving if emotional.  Today could have been a day he did not get the car.
- Create a group text from everyone involved this morning and say that we need to connect and figure out a path forward. You love him and want the best for him - but you do not want every conversation to be about missing assignments.  Ask him where and when he wants to sit down to talk about it before 5PM tomorrow.  That gives him the space to prepare and do it on his terms.

Good luck
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