At school, children with ASD – in particular boys – are often described as “not putting enough effort in”, “could have done better”, “not trying hard enough”, or “needs to work harder.” Comments such as these can be quite damaging for a child who is putting in enough effort and working as hard as they can. Children with ASD typically have low self esteem already, so to be told what they are producing is not good enough, can be harmful.
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