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Newly Diagnosed Daughter at Uni

Fharland

Hi All, 

I am looking to the community for some help/ guidance please. My Daughter has just been recently diagnosed after a turbulent first year at University. Prior to this and because she was at home we hadn't realised just how troubled she was, although we believed her to be on the spectrum it really came to light in the last year just how much she was struggling. She is very smart but needs additional support when it comes to documentation and organisation of her work, and she constantly beats herself up, her time management isn't great and she can't prioritise her work - she does the bits which interest her the most, she has requested a meeting with the student inclusion team at her uni, but i am wondering if anyone else has experienced anything similar and what support was put in place? 

Thanks in advance 

Fee 

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  • I am in the same situation as your daughter. I just started uni and am struggling with more unconventional aspects than my peers.

    social aspect: I found it very useful to communicate my issues openly. I know this can be really uncomfortable but even telling the lecturer in advance that I don’t wear headphones to be rude and struggle with audetory processing has helped. Also with the classmates. Just so they know I am not trying to be rude and sometimes I just look angry when I am not. 

    academically I find studying works best when I body double (aka parallel working with someone else) and the app “focus friend” against distracations. Since I don’t struggle with organisation, I don’t have personal advice but I recommend either an online planner or a calendar book thingy. If they don’t work I would probably make a graph measuring the importance and urgency of an assignment, that way she can figure out what to approach next. 

    Feel free to reach out for further questions or if your daughter needs to relate to someone. 

    p.s. keep up the good work, you seem like a good parent. It’s great that you support her by reaching out and researching her support. 

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  • I am in the same situation as your daughter. I just started uni and am struggling with more unconventional aspects than my peers.

    social aspect: I found it very useful to communicate my issues openly. I know this can be really uncomfortable but even telling the lecturer in advance that I don’t wear headphones to be rude and struggle with audetory processing has helped. Also with the classmates. Just so they know I am not trying to be rude and sometimes I just look angry when I am not. 

    academically I find studying works best when I body double (aka parallel working with someone else) and the app “focus friend” against distracations. Since I don’t struggle with organisation, I don’t have personal advice but I recommend either an online planner or a calendar book thingy. If they don’t work I would probably make a graph measuring the importance and urgency of an assignment, that way she can figure out what to approach next. 

    Feel free to reach out for further questions or if your daughter needs to relate to someone. 

    p.s. keep up the good work, you seem like a good parent. It’s great that you support her by reaching out and researching her support. 

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