My son has ASD and went to a school that provided ASD support (RIT). He does great academically and managed to get a good job . He is praised at work all the time for his programming skills, yet he has been called into meetings in regards to forgetting to fill out paperwork. He has always been one to “forget things”, Birthdays, due dates, appointments, etc. To get by in college he had a large calendar that this his coach would help him fill in with due dates and a white board.
Recently he forgot he had a dentist appointment :(. he forgets to brush teeth, despite being very routine oriented.
So the good, he did great in college, got a good job, lives on his own. (his bills are autopay)
the Bad, his apartment though neat is not clean likely. He will not hire cleaning people, or let me do so. He also still doesnt have “friends”. The idea of hanging out for the sake of hanging out is hard for him. College was mostly covid, which hurt him. He is social at work, and around family and family friends.
The ugly. Still needs to be reminded about things. Trying to get him to put in phone/outlook reminders. Also hygiene .
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