Daughter starting university

University can be a great time in your life, even as an autist so I hope your daughter can get into the experience and enjoy it.

I recall the first week before term starts (freshers week) is a great time to meet other people in your age group who are similar to yourself in many ways. With social clubs, random encounters, shared interests and lots of hookups on the go it can be awesome.

Most freshers are quite open to new friendships, encounters and experiences, will have cash in their pockets to have fun with and may well make unwise decisions, but this is all part of growing up anyway.

If you haven't already had the talk about sex with your daughter then I would recommned doing it soon. With the prevelance of alcohol and hot boys/girls available and interested then there is a high chance of some shenanagans on the go so it is best she know what to expect, how to say no and how to be prepared if she wants to say yes.

Alcohol is also a bit of a danger to some degree. I recall most days involving the new found freedom to drink although the shine wore off when I realised how much I was spending...

Money management is also a tricky one for many students to control - I would recommend checking in with her to check she is tracking and managing her resources well. In my first year I recall running out of cash towards the end of each term and needing to get some sent from home - I learned from it but with a bit of forethought it would not have been an issue.

On the plus side I did join lots of clubs where I met people with similar interests and this gave a rich and rewarding backdrop to the first year that was a breeze academically.

On the study front it is good for your daughter to check in with the support available with her and try to use it. The workload starts out quite light and ramps up term after term so she may not use it initially but it is worth having them available and familiar for when she needs them.

The obvious stuff (like buying books from previous years students for your coursework is a great way to save money) is worth doing quickly as they soon dry up.

Thats about all I can think of now.

It will be a great chance for her to find herself and express herself as an adult so please be tolerant is some aspects of her personality become more prevelant - she may become an environmental activist, come out as gay, want to take in a refugee etc - best to take these as potentially a transitionary thing but be prepared that she may settle on some of these as her core ideals at the end.

University can be a great time in your life, even as an autist so I hope your daughter can get into the experience and enjoy it.

I recall the first week before term starts (freshers week) is a great time to meet other people in your age group who are similar to yourself in many ways. With social clubs, random encounters, shared interests and lots of hookups on the go it can be awesome.

Most freshers are quite open to new friendships, encounters and experiences, will have cash in their pockets to have fun with and may well make unwise decisions, but this is all part of growing up anyway.

If you haven't already had the talk about sex with your daughter then I would recommned doing it soon. With the prevelance of alcohol and hot boys/girls available and interested then there is a high chance of some shenanagans on the go so it is best she know what to expect, how to say no and how to be prepared if she wants to say yes.

Alcohol is also a bit of a danger to some degree. I recall most days involving the new found freedom to drink although the shine wore off when I realised how much I was spending...

Money management is also a tricky one for many students to control - I would recommend checking in with her to check she is tracking and managing her resources well. In my first year I recall running out of cash towards the end of each term and needing to get some sent from home - I learned from it but with a bit of forethought it would not have been an issue.

On the plus side I did join lots of clubs where I met people with similar interests and this gave a rich and rewarding backdrop to the first year that was a breeze academically.

On the study front it is good for your daughter to check in with the support available with her and try to use it. The workload starts out quite light and ramps up term after term so she may not use it initially but it is worth having them available and familiar for when she needs them.

The obvious stuff (like buying books from previous years students for your coursework is a great way to save money) is worth doing quickly as they soon dry up.

Thats about all I can think of now.

It will be a great chance for her to find herself and express herself as an adult so please be tolerant is some aspects of her personality become more prevelant - she may become an environmental activist, come out as gay, want to take in a refugee etc - best to take these as potentially a transitionary thing but be prepared that she may settle on some of these as her core ideals at the end.