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Reading fluency looks at a student's ability to decode words. Once he's decoded something, can he answer questions about what he read? This is how to test comprehension. Did they do this? (You can look up Scarborough's Reading Rope to see what goes into reading proficiently.) If his reading comprehension is poor, word problems are going to be difficult for him because he won't understand what he's read. How does he do with listening comprehension? If someone reads to him, does he understand? If he does, he can use this as an accommodation to access math word problems. Lots of people have problems with fractions. This is a great example: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/undertheinfluence/how-failing-at-fractions-saved-the-quarter-pounder-1.5979468 Has the school looked at pragmatics? In students with ASD, this is often an area of need that the school doesn't look at. It could also be why he does poorly with comprehension...and expressing his thoughts. An evaluation will show how far behind he is which should help him keep his IEP. Social skills is another area that students with ASD are not great at. Is this what you mean by social services? Social services are generally like talk therapy which he might have difficulty with if he has issues with pragmatics. This explains why the school didn't say autism: https://adayinourshoes.com/autism-whats-the-difference-between-medical-and-educational-diagnoses/