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I've talked about this before in different ways, but not explicitly connected to autism- extended time at home (2 years in our case; thanks Covid!) in his middle school years was SO TREMENDOUSLY HELPFUL for our kid in fully getting it together on some lagging skills (organization, motivation toward meeting other people's priorities), to the point that I honestly think more people parenting autistic kids might want to consider this if they can swing it.

He came back in batting at the top of his class and understanding in a really profound way that HE was in charge of his learning 'I can teach myself anything I want! I can learn anything!' and that made him MUCH more legible to teachers and admins in a position to help him thrive. Public schools at this point are really, REALLY widgety in their functioning, but they are still deployments of PEOPLE harnessing resources and pathways. It is sometimes (and for academically gifted autistic kids, probably often) worth it to code legibly.