It’s an absolute Joke what he calls “education” these days. Lacey completed that puzzle in around 2 hours or less it seems, yet he didn’t expect her to even complete it in one day?! It’s insulting to Lacey that he thinks she’s so incapable. The reality is, I don’t think she’s incapable at all, Steve’s just out of his depth at home educating her so it’s easier to say she “doesn’t understand”, “she struggles to learn” etc and keep her at a ridiculously low level of drawing pictures and making crispy cakes.
There’s plenty examples that Lacey can learn. She’s learned to read, write, communicate, aware of dangers, can take care of herself in terms of washing/dressing. She may be autistic but she’s clearly high functioning. It’s hard to say too much on it without sounding like saying high functioning isn’t that bad - I know that’s not the case at all. Autism is autism no matter what level, but they need to focus on what she can do and prepare her for a life of independence. She’s not so severely autistic she can’t do anything for herself. She gets left home without adult supervision and can go to the shops without an adult (I wouldn’t class Sophie as an adult, I know Lacey wouldn’t do these things alone, but that seems more about anxiety/having company). They need to stop making out she’s worse than she is.
The reason she’s probably not learning at the moment is because nobody is teaching her anything. Everyday is just worksheets and essentially like doing a quiz every day. What a wasted opportunity. Home Ed is fun and she’s stuck sitting at a desk on her own answering times tables questions every day. He needs to join some groups and get some ideas.