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University support

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Does anyone know how to go about arranging support for university?

I was diagnosed with autism just over a month ago at age 18 but by this point I had already finished sixth form and so have never been offered any support to help me in school in the past.

I start uni in September and recently applied for DSA but during the assessment they advised me to contact the unis disability team to arrange support for when I start. The problem is since I've never received support I'm not sure what to ask for/ what is typically offered. Does anyone know any things that are typically recommended to autistic students that the uni may be able to help with? 

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  • The university's disability team will have plenty of experience of autistic students. Typical accommodations would often include: software to help with organising your time, a microphone for recording lectures, extra time in examinations (often 20mins), taking exams in smaller rooms with fewer people, a point of contact person in the disability team if you have problems (who may contact you from time to time to check that you are OK), contacting your department/teaching staff to alert them to your autism and that you may ask more questions and require more information and clarification than most students (this helps minimise staff becoming exasperated!). My daughter will start her third year in September, she has contacted the head of year in the past to organise days off from lectures, when she has felt overwhelmed and has been given course work to fill in any gaps that were caused. She is on course for a good first, so being an autistic student can work out well.

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  • The university's disability team will have plenty of experience of autistic students. Typical accommodations would often include: software to help with organising your time, a microphone for recording lectures, extra time in examinations (often 20mins), taking exams in smaller rooms with fewer people, a point of contact person in the disability team if you have problems (who may contact you from time to time to check that you are OK), contacting your department/teaching staff to alert them to your autism and that you may ask more questions and require more information and clarification than most students (this helps minimise staff becoming exasperated!). My daughter will start her third year in September, she has contacted the head of year in the past to organise days off from lectures, when she has felt overwhelmed and has been given course work to fill in any gaps that were caused. She is on course for a good first, so being an autistic student can work out well.

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