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Uni Successes! ANYONE OUT THERE!?

KaloJaro

Hiya,

I'm an 18 year old female aspie, and I will probably have to move to live on campus at uni alone....about 6 hours drive away from my mum.

I'm fed up (aka, terrified) about reading all these stories of people with any form of ASD being driven practically insane with stress and having to abandon their studies to go home.

So please, if you've been to uni, or are at uni, and doing ok, doesn't have to be brilliant, just ok or even coping, let me know! I'd really appreciate knowing what to expect!

Not sure whether I should put this in Education or General so I'm going with general, as its not the actual learning I'm worried about, its the living away from mum bit. :)

Thanks!

Katie.

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  • Just to pick up on Drawde's mention of volunteering, this is well worth looking into.

    Many universities have a volunteer scheme. The thing is it is structured and managed by full time staff, and involves both staff and students doing volunteering. Because these set-ups are well established they are well placed to get volunteering opportunities that suit any one student's needs.

    I have observed, in the one operating where I worked until retirement, that many disabled students join the volunteering scheme. They seem to benefit from this.

    Also as Dawde indicated it is useful work experience for your CV which employers welcome. And regular and successful volunteers get awards and recognition events.

    Because of the way it is structured you can get involved, meet people or avoid people as is your preference, and you aren't being intimidated by people wanting you to go pubbing, clubbing or rampaging round town with them, which is a problem with some sports and activity groups in a university.

    My impression from knowing one scheme is that it provides some structure and support for disabled students who want to get involved and put something into the community.

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  • Just to pick up on Drawde's mention of volunteering, this is well worth looking into.

    Many universities have a volunteer scheme. The thing is it is structured and managed by full time staff, and involves both staff and students doing volunteering. Because these set-ups are well established they are well placed to get volunteering opportunities that suit any one student's needs.

    I have observed, in the one operating where I worked until retirement, that many disabled students join the volunteering scheme. They seem to benefit from this.

    Also as Dawde indicated it is useful work experience for your CV which employers welcome. And regular and successful volunteers get awards and recognition events.

    Because of the way it is structured you can get involved, meet people or avoid people as is your preference, and you aren't being intimidated by people wanting you to go pubbing, clubbing or rampaging round town with them, which is a problem with some sports and activity groups in a university.

    My impression from knowing one scheme is that it provides some structure and support for disabled students who want to get involved and put something into the community.

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