My DS is year 10. He has dyslexia and we suspect ASD, his younger sister was diagnosed as a toddler. I have basically been battling for him for years. However, school are quite understanding and have put certain things in place to deal with his behaviour. We're at the point that he simply does not enjoy school and doesn't appear to be getting anything from it. He has always been in the smaller, extra help class. I've wanted him to have extra support like a one to one but this has always been a fight to obtain and to be quite honest I don't think it would make a huge amount of difference. He can be challenging at home but on the whole he is a lovely boy who just struggles. He doesn't go out and about with friends as it just doesn't interest him. His communication skills are quite poor and he gets very easily distracted and struggles to concentrate as well as suffering with anxiety. At school he can come across a little like the class clown. On the whole they are very understanding of his needs though and one senior teacher specifically is always fighting his corner for him. He has a get out of class card, a room to go to when he has had enough, a laptop - you name it he has it. We chose basic subjects for him like life skills, princes trust etc along with the standard subjects. Teacher has been extremely honest with me today, as I have with her, and we genuinely do not think that he will leave school with one, if any, GCSE's. We are currently going down the ASD assessment route, yet again. He doesn't seem to gain anything from school and I am constantly called either by them or by him. Everything is black and white and if he feels something should be a certain way that he struggles with comprehending it to be any different. I've tried the tough approach of suck it up, this is how it is and also the softly softly approach but neither seem to work. He doesn't want to be in school and doesn't get anything from school. I'm on the verge of pulling him out and home educating him. The school environment just doesn't not suit him at all, no matter what we try. Has anyone experienced this? I'm at the end of my tether now and just feel like we're at the home run to an extent and I do not want to waste any more time either for myself or him on trying to enforce this extremely set, academic education when it just doesn't work for him. Does anyone have any experience of this please? I'm losing the will to live!!