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Hi

My partner and I have a 17 year old who is high functioning enough to be considering uni next year. Good points - polite, well spoken, industrious (obsessive), caring, doing very well at college, can navigate on public transport and do most domestic tasks - cooking, cleaning, shopping. Areas for improvement - social connection (no friends), no experience of handling bank accounts, lack of interest in typical teen activities and naive in some of these areas, obsessive interest in one thing, generally anxious, inability to 'fit in' (and knows it), finds other people a bit of a mystery!

Does anyone have experience of launching a relatively high-functioning person to tertiary education or know organisations that do?

Ideally I'm looking to get them up to speed in all areas - health, emergencies, social life, finance etc so by the time they go, we can have some confidence they won't have too much of a melt down and can complete a degree and forge a happy life.

Thanks for any pointers...

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  • I forgot to mention above, you can usually arrange for a meeting with the disability support staff ansd a course tutor before enrollment.

    I have attended these a few times for students on the spectrum as it was a chance for me to meet a prospective AS student and see for myself what issues might arise. That also means I'm on the spot to highlight any problems I can see arising from the exchange.

    Not all universities will do this but I think it is a good idea to request something like this if you can. It doesn't follow that disability support staff in student services will know the issues in the teaching environment. Indeed some learning support people think all the lecturer has to do is go in, teach, and walk out - possibly influenced by more traditional university experiences a few decades ago.

    But the student with AS is the one being taught and assessed by teaching staff. The parents and the disability support staff are both to one side of this, so the earlier students and teaching staff meet up the better.

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  • I forgot to mention above, you can usually arrange for a meeting with the disability support staff ansd a course tutor before enrollment.

    I have attended these a few times for students on the spectrum as it was a chance for me to meet a prospective AS student and see for myself what issues might arise. That also means I'm on the spot to highlight any problems I can see arising from the exchange.

    Not all universities will do this but I think it is a good idea to request something like this if you can. It doesn't follow that disability support staff in student services will know the issues in the teaching environment. Indeed some learning support people think all the lecturer has to do is go in, teach, and walk out - possibly influenced by more traditional university experiences a few decades ago.

    But the student with AS is the one being taught and assessed by teaching staff. The parents and the disability support staff are both to one side of this, so the earlier students and teaching staff meet up the better.

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