Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi, my son was diagnosed as having ASD last week, he also started university last week. We have applied for disability student allowance, and he is going to have an assessment next month, but as we are very new to this diagnosis we have no idea what support he needs and what is available to ask for. The uni has said he will be able to record lectures, receive handouts 24 hrs in advance when possible and have a 5 day grace period on deadlines for assignments. I have suggested he ask for a device to record lectures, but would appreciate any other suggestions your child found useful/necessary.
Thanks,
Caroline
If he has been having big trouble socializing in high school, and he's not so autistic that he can't speak at all, then I suspect he'll see the university as a wonderful magicaL City Of The Children. That's what it was to me, and it's the only place I still think of as home.
Your only job at college is to sit there while old people stand in front of the room and explain fascinating stuff. You get all your food free in the dining hall with your friends. And if you're shy, your roommate has friends. There is no place I would ever want to live besides the dorm. Nobody is ever mean to you, ever.