My son still has challenges at 18. However he's become more agreeable with age. Try getting an echo dot at volume 10 for an alarm. We had to look at his emails and help him craft non-offensive ones to his teachers. He doesn't mean to be offensive to teachers but can't put himself in their shoes often. So "Text me when there's something interesting" is a proper response to a boring assignment in his mind. Or "Your teaching this wrong because of X,Y,Z." are emails we've softened this year. He's advanced in work but not emotionally. We homeschooled our son because traditional school would not have worked for him.