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[quote=Anonymous]"Trust me, nobody is scaffolding so invisibly the kid gets to be a senior with no idea he isn’t NT. But the kid doesn’t have to personally accept the ASD dx to get supports and accommodations from a student disability office. It’s different in college. A kid might get an accommodation for extra test taking time, because of a neuropsych report showing slow processing, but it doesn’t hinge on the ASD dx."

I wish this were true, but I know a HS senior who is in this exact situation right now. Has zero awareness that asking for accommodations for freshman year would be an important thing to do, and at least one parent doesn't think they need to suggest it to the teen. We just had a conversation this past week about this and I had to bite my tongue because I didn't want to stick my foot in it, especially with both the parent and child sitting right there at the table. One parent desperately wants for these to be challenges that the kid grew out of, and for it to be something way back there in the past. The other seems to be exhausted and checked out, so it's easier for them to just go along and not acknowledge that the kid would greatly benefit from accommodations at college. That would be more work for them and they seem overwhelmed already. I think the lack of a label is what's creating this dynamic, at least for this teen. You never hear about someone requesting accommodations for something like processing speed. But you do for things like ADHD or ASD. Lots of people will say that slow processing speed "isn't a diagnosis," so if that's the case, it isn't something that calls for accommodations from the professor or the housing office. [/quote]

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