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Self accommodations as an autistic teen/adult

Jess_Lomas

Hi I'm Jess

So I've been formally diagnosed for a year and 2 months, like most it was a long process and have known for a much longer time but there was a fight 

I'm currently in my first year at uni and the uni put in amazing accommodations but I still feel really overwhelmed at the end of the day 

Some things I have to help (not uni related) are visual schedules and a sensory corner in my room as well as trying to spend enough time alone 

Does anyone have any suggestions for other self implemented accommodations I could use either ones that have been beneficial for you or your child.

I've tried googling some and they either seem to be about primary school or how to organise life (taxes) which I'm not at that stage yet

Thanks and any help would be much appreciated 

Parents

  • How about recording your lecture classes? Asking for a "notes" partner. I got through college by stating I could not sit in the lecture classes (this was radical in the '70s) because I had too much to do as the student body president: a post I fought to keep for 3.5 years as an undergraduate just so I could have a private space, ie an office.

    The lecture class teachers just gave me a syllabus and assignment schedule and the books I was meant to read. I spent a lot of time at a desk alone in the office, art studio, home or library.For over load I went to the rarely used stairwells.

    Be persistent and very persuasive when it comes to trying to survive and thrive.

    Does your Uni have a "haven" for ND people? Advocates?

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  • How about recording your lecture classes? Asking for a "notes" partner. I got through college by stating I could not sit in the lecture classes (this was radical in the '70s) because I had too much to do as the student body president: a post I fought to keep for 3.5 years as an undergraduate just so I could have a private space, ie an office.

    The lecture class teachers just gave me a syllabus and assignment schedule and the books I was meant to read. I spent a lot of time at a desk alone in the office, art studio, home or library.For over load I went to the rarely used stairwells.

    Be persistent and very persuasive when it comes to trying to survive and thrive.

    Does your Uni have a "haven" for ND people? Advocates?

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