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[quote=Anonymous]I don’t have experience with ASD but I do with grad school. Lots of people drop out of PhD programs, over 50% of people leave without a doctorate. It is very common. The programs are interesting and can be amazing but they are a grind. Your son might have been struggling more then you know.The pandemic might be his excuse for dropping out but there is likely more to the story. And he might not want to return for reasons that he has not told you. I would stop focusing on returning to grad school, your description tells me that he is done with it and doesn’t want to return. Part of his depression or struggle could be that he is feeling like he failed because he didn’t complete this program. I know I struggled after completing my PhD and not landing an academic job. It took a while to accept that the job market in academia is very different and challenging and that tenure track positions are really limited. [/quote]
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