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I think it is hardest when there is an NT outlier in a family. That happened in family friends. The first 2 kids were PG but the 3rd couldn't even get into a university. Is a truck driver. I think that is a tough situation.

Yes. Although it's also possible that that 3rd kid had undiagnosed LDs of some kind. Perhaps more likely than that there was actually a 50 point spread in IQ just from natural variation.

It is quite common for a gifted kid with dyslexia for example to appear average. In reality they are using their considerable brain power to compensate. If he is a happy truck driver though it is no problem. I once met a poorly educated builder (he trained when you could leave school very young and the academic side was less emphasised) who had a brother who was a high court judge and therefore must have a least had a law degree.