#imagine only passing school bcus your parent helped you to such an extent that others dont need

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So one of my difficuties with Autism is written communication, specifically being in structured writing.

My entire life, I have always needed help with written assignments. I could never write diary entries or letters by myself. I struggle with writing for short response answers too. And as an adult, this also includes things like resumes and cover letters. Just can't do them.

I don't know how to study either. I don't know how to pick out the important information because I don't know what the important information is. The more complex the writing, the more I struggle to comprehend it.

Structured writing is a specific type of language I have just never grasped and I don't know if I ever will. To be taught now, as an adult, would be trying to find someone who could teach me as you would a child just starting to learn how to do these things.

I understand the structure of how things are supposed to be written. I understand the idea behind how one is meant to study. I just don't have the ability to do it. I struggle trying to put thoughts to paper and even trying to say them out loud is still difficult. I don't know how to properly structure my sentences to be considered as "academic" or "structured" and not just "casual" writing. I also don't have the proper reading comprehension abilities to understand what I'm reading or how to word things in those settings.

There are a lot of people out there (including some online autism advocates) who would try and tell me that I have a comorbid learning disorder or that this isn't due to autism.

Every professional I have seen and who knows about these struggles have never once considered testing for learning disorders or comorbid disorders that would better explain this, as this IS still something that can be purely Autism related. (until they say otherwise).