@corpuschristi I agree. Our 24 yr old is quite different than when he was a teenager. He is higher functioning in some ways, but lower functioning in others. Adulthood has actually emphasized many of his deficits.
If I could go back and talk to myself when ds was younger, I would tell myself to not get upset when ds’s therapist said, “All of the academics in the world won’t matter if he can’t hold a job.” That comment infuriated me at the time b/c ds was an excellent student. But I was blind to just how much he was impacted in the ways that matter when it comes to holding a job. It is great that many universities are stepping forward to offer students supports. Great. BUT, employers are not under the same sort of obligation and working and school are not totally equivalent skills…