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OP here.

He doesn't want to talk to anyone, so even though he knows to request his usual testing and residential accommodations at his university, he has never wanted to ask for internship help.

So. I asked ChatGPT for internships in his field! A lot had closed their application windows already, some were shady, but I sent the likely-looking ones to him, and helped him update his resume and draft cover letters, and told him that next time, HE could ask ChatGPT! He has no sense of urgency and can't integrate that we're already super late in the year. The internships that said "rolling admissions" were all actually expired. He did not understand that "position open until filled" for a summer 2026 internship meant it's about to close because we're in March. Indeed, one of those internships was yanked off the website just as we were working on the cover letter. Not sure all these lessons will be retained because long-term planning is very hard for his brain to process.

So now he's applied to two internships and one job. There will come a time when I just won't be able to help him with that stuff. In the abstract, I know kids like him don't live up to their parents' expectations and take alternate paths... but it still makes me highly anxious when I realize how little he does to help himself.

Anyway. I do feel better now he's applied to something.  Thanks for listening.
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