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Angel05

Hi.  Am new to this site and have only logged on today.  My 17 year old son has just been diagnosed with high-functioning autism, and I am trying to understand just what this means for his future.  I have had concerns for some time, and eventually went to the GP as he finished his GCSE exams, with Matt's consent.  It has taken a year to get this far, and I am disappointed that his school didn't appear to take me more seriously.  However, he acheived quite well with his GSCE results, but has struggled to manage the level of study required in 6th form so has made the decision to leave and go to college.  He has done very well at normalising his behaviour but their are definite signs of autistic thinking - stuggles to read emotions, black and white thinking, lack of ability to evaluate and critique text - and hasn't a clue what to do with his future.  I would really appreciate any information from anyone, or any parent who has gone through similar situation, so I can best support him.

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  • Okay from his interests I'd say college courses in the following may be of interest;

    Creative writing courses,English lit (depending on what types of things he likes to read), media studies or film studies(it depends on what is available). I'd advise getting a list of courses from the local colleges and sitting down with him and go through them to see what captures his interest.

    As for part time jobs off the top of my head I think ideal things (if he can handle dealing with people) are jobs in shops such as game/gamestation,blockbusters, hmv anywhere that the focus is video games or films even if he is just stocking shelves it will be more interesting because it's revolving around his hobbies, or maybe he could look at working in a library or a book store.

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  • Okay from his interests I'd say college courses in the following may be of interest;

    Creative writing courses,English lit (depending on what types of things he likes to read), media studies or film studies(it depends on what is available). I'd advise getting a list of courses from the local colleges and sitting down with him and go through them to see what captures his interest.

    As for part time jobs off the top of my head I think ideal things (if he can handle dealing with people) are jobs in shops such as game/gamestation,blockbusters, hmv anywhere that the focus is video games or films even if he is just stocking shelves it will be more interesting because it's revolving around his hobbies, or maybe he could look at working in a library or a book store.

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