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Im an asd college student just need advice

Frank

Hi sorry if its a boring question but...  I got diagnosed towards the end of a university access course. I never got any extensions or support even though i asked for both.

If a teaching assistant was helping the other asd student was available she offer to help me duri g lunch time whuch often meant i went without eating lunch. 

I had probably the most stressful year of my life trying to understand the learning outcomes and obviously deal with the diagnosis. 

I since learned that the other asd student was given extensions on all assignments and was made aware of all support on offer. I did manage to finish the course but the pressure affected my grades. 

Should i have been entitled to any support??

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  • I can understand why you feel frustrated but the discrepancy in the support you received compared to the other student was probably caused because you were diagnosed at the end of your course. Due to how late in the year your diagnosis was your college may have not been able to obtain any funding to pay for a teaching assistant for you. It sounds the teaching assistant tried her best by seeing you at lunch. This probably meant that the teaching assistant had to give up their lunch break too and we’re helping you for free as most employers don’t pay for their employees lunch breaks.

    I too have fallen foul of lack of support due to a late diagnosis and this did significantly affect my undergraduate degree grade. I took the attitude that the past is the past and focused my efforts on future instead. When I went on to study a PGCE and then a master degree I made sure that all of my support was in place from day one and my grades dramatically increased. However, if you do feel you have been let down by the college have you thought about writing a letter of complaint? Could you go in for a meeting or ask for your college to explain in a letter why you received the support you did and your requests for extra help were denied?

    Have you decided to go onto university? Just in case you didn’t know you can apply for DSA support to pay for additional support, such as an autism mentor. It’s also useful to contact the university asap to discuss exam support and the process of applying for extensions. A lot of uni’s have cut off date for exam support and if you apply after that you won’t be eligible for adjustments such as extra time.

     

    If you feel your grade will stop you from getting onto your chosen course you could speak to the university and explain your circumstances to see if this makes any difference.

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  • I can understand why you feel frustrated but the discrepancy in the support you received compared to the other student was probably caused because you were diagnosed at the end of your course. Due to how late in the year your diagnosis was your college may have not been able to obtain any funding to pay for a teaching assistant for you. It sounds the teaching assistant tried her best by seeing you at lunch. This probably meant that the teaching assistant had to give up their lunch break too and we’re helping you for free as most employers don’t pay for their employees lunch breaks.

    I too have fallen foul of lack of support due to a late diagnosis and this did significantly affect my undergraduate degree grade. I took the attitude that the past is the past and focused my efforts on future instead. When I went on to study a PGCE and then a master degree I made sure that all of my support was in place from day one and my grades dramatically increased. However, if you do feel you have been let down by the college have you thought about writing a letter of complaint? Could you go in for a meeting or ask for your college to explain in a letter why you received the support you did and your requests for extra help were denied?

    Have you decided to go onto university? Just in case you didn’t know you can apply for DSA support to pay for additional support, such as an autism mentor. It’s also useful to contact the university asap to discuss exam support and the process of applying for extensions. A lot of uni’s have cut off date for exam support and if you apply after that you won’t be eligible for adjustments such as extra time.

     

    If you feel your grade will stop you from getting onto your chosen course you could speak to the university and explain your circumstances to see if this makes any difference.

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