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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Exhibit A: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/09/how-they-wrote-and-rewrote-their-harvard-admissions-essays/

No one writes about needing accommodation.  They all write about what they can OFFER to colleges.

Do that.  Mention ASD if you want (I wouldn’t), but make it about how you can give, not what you’ve learned to take or why your special brain works in special ways.  Saying what you’ve learned to GIVE is what they want to hear.

That’s all from me. Hate me all you want. 
-ASD AO[/quote]

ASD AO, I don't think people are reacting to your advice so much as to the personal investment they have in ASD as a subject of discussion.  Dismissing the essay topic is not the same thing as dismissing the human being and their experience.  Most young people in that age group crave the sense of fitting in even as they revel (or wallow) in the feeling of being different, whether they are affected by ASD or not.  So they naturally tend to feel that _their_ ASD journey is unique - because, to them, it is.  You have given some good tips on how to keep the essay itself focused on how the ASD student fits into a wider community (since they are making a bid to fit into the community of a college), and in fact that advice holds true for pretty much any essay topic.  [/quote]

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