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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Dear Prof,

I have been working on these and other skills for years with my ADHD/ASD kid.

He will mess up, despite being explicitly taught these things. He's in contact with the disability office and has already asked you for his extended time.

He had high stats and is an academic, intellectual person, which is why your place of employment accepted him. Sorry, but he's always going to be an absent-minded professor type, and his brain is somewhere in the vicinity of Pluto most of the time.

And you know who it hurts most? Not you. HIM. He is destined to go through life with ADHD and ASD and all his social quirks. You've only got to suffer him for your class. He has to suffer himself for life.

Best regards,

Mom.

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Oh FFS stop using their disabilities like a crutch. The professor is right and if your poor addled ADHD kids you have probably hovered over and made excuses for and bulldozed a path for over the years can’t meet basic expectations, you failed them. [/quote]
dp.. obviously, people with ADHD have a harder time, but seriously, you cannot keep using this crutch into the workplace. Your boss won't care that you miss deadlines, and your coworkers won't care if you have adhd when you smell so badly no one wants to be in the conference room with you.[/quote]

I often wonder what the plan is for all these SNs college grads.  Do you steer them into becoming a CPA or actuary or computer programmer, etc. where they perhaps don't have to interact much with clients/customers?  I mean the descriptions seem to indicate they have real problems functioning in the world.[/quote]

A lot of them become academics actually. Please stop wondering about our children since it has no impact on you.[/quote]

Huh...the SNs kids that have trouble functioning in college become academics.  Strange why the various parents seem to claim OP is targeting them.[/quote]

You know, because they are actually smart and a lot of the shit that OP mentioned really doesn't matter. [/quote]

But a lot of it does matter, as seen through PPs who have mentioned seeing it in the workplace.

Ex: last week I had a guy from IT come to my office. He was well dressed. He then got closer and he smelled so bad. Dirty hair smell, unbrushed teeth smell, body odor, covered in cologne. I couldn't wait for him to leave. And for those who say he could have some issue where he always smells due to health, I had a dear friend who did have this. Different smell. This was just plain a guy who hadn't taken a shower in a few days and thought it could be covered with cologne. And also no, he wasn't from a different culture. Just a 20 something IT Bro who doesn't think showering is important to do his job. I have since learned this is a problem. He might be able to technically do his job, but the minute they can get him out they will. Plenty of good IT people who shower to take his place.[/quote]

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