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Hi,

I am waiting for a diagnosis but everything points to being autistic.  I am 52 and on an apprenticeship at work.  My issue is that I need my functional English skills and I struggle with anything fictional.  I have undergone a neurodiversity assessment through work and it shows I have a specific problem around English. I have to keep doing progress tests on punctuation, spelling, read text etc.  My problem is that because it's based around fiction my brain just can't take it in. It's like looking at a blank piece of paper. It's making me quite anxious, angry, tearful and then makes me want to throw the computer out the window.  Is there anyone that has experienced similar or knows of anything that will help? 

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  • When reading texts, concentrate on identifying certain language features such as similes and metaphors, and what effect the author is trying to convey by using them.

    Look for explicit meanings in text.

    Look for implicit meanings in text.

    Justify your answer.

    The functional skills reading exam is easy, it is composed of multiple choice questions and short answers such as a single sentence.

    I got 100% in the reading exam.

    The writing exam is much more difficult.  They want us to write two different types of essays.  Both about a page long.

    It could be a formal essay, a letter or emails.

    I only got 76% in the writing exam.

  • Thank you so much for your reply. It gives me some form of hope that I will get through it.  I just keep having  complete melt downs which I have no control over.  Hopefully my tutor will understand Shrug

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