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Universities say they want autistic students, but they don't want to make the exceptions and special allowances that had to be made to enable them to finish school.

Peter

So here's my hot take for the day. Improved support in schools is leading to autistic kids who wouldn't have gotten the qualifications to go to uni previously getting into uni. And universities and student unions don't know how to handle them.

Universities say they want autistic students, but they don't want to make the exceptions and special allowances that had to be made to enable them to finish school.

Discuss.

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I’m more thinking of the kids that go to uni having come from PRUs or schools that have had to put extensive adjustments in place to deal with disruptive behaviour. I have one friend who spent a fair chunk of her secondary school years in a PRU for disruptive behaviour but still managed to graduate with reasonably good grades. How university’s adapt to accommodate students like that is the question I’m asking.

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  • My daughter, 2nd year chemistry student, has had about £500-worth of software to assist in organizing her time and a microphone to help with recording lectures. She has also contacted lecturers to give them a heads up that she will ask more questions and require more detailed guidance about what exactly is required for any course or assessment and this has been successful. She also negotiated a week away from attending lectures, when she was feeling overwhelmed. On balance, I think she has been reasonably well supported.

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  • My daughter, 2nd year chemistry student, has had about £500-worth of software to assist in organizing her time and a microphone to help with recording lectures. She has also contacted lecturers to give them a heads up that she will ask more questions and require more detailed guidance about what exactly is required for any course or assessment and this has been successful. She also negotiated a week away from attending lectures, when she was feeling overwhelmed. On balance, I think she has been reasonably well supported.

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