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an NT asking autistics what THEY want from us.....

some one

...what do YOU want to see neurotypicals do in society to help you adapt better , fit in, feel happy etc ?

what changes do YOU think will help do this?

I think you all deserve the chance to speak about this for yourselves rather than other people doing it, so individually and as a group what are changes you think are needed?

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  • Its what I was afraid of - some University URLs, while being traceable by searching, cannot be repeated - security I guess.  Finding your way through the menu is equally tricky, but you might get there just by using their search option.

    If you go to Bournemouth University's web page www.bournemouth.ac.uk - I took the "staff" option (top right hand corner of the home page) though I think this can be accessed as a student. I'm just surprised their staff pages are accessible to students.On the page this opens, scroll down to and click on "Academic Support". (I bet there are several routes to this page).

    Under Academic Support chose "Disability Support". Top left of this page is a list of options. I took the "staff" one again. This got me a page "Academic Support - Disability Support"

    On of the options in the list of four in the middle of the page "Academic Support - Disability Support", the third one, is "understanding additional learning needs and disabilities". Click on that.

    This gives you a page with a list of disabilities. The top one is "aspergers".  Click on that and you get what I was on about.

    Confused?  I bet you are. Lots of Universities tell students they can find the information they want on the University web pages. Patently not. Its easy to quote a web page to a student. It is really a hard search for most students to find anything useful, and this sequence proves it.

    Having got there though, this is one of the best on-line advice services for staff on how to support disabled students. However the reason I flagged it up is it still must leave teaching staff nonplussed. It really isn't that easy a read!

    And it may be quite a revelation for people on the spectrum, how teaching staff are told to regard us.

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  • Its what I was afraid of - some University URLs, while being traceable by searching, cannot be repeated - security I guess.  Finding your way through the menu is equally tricky, but you might get there just by using their search option.

    If you go to Bournemouth University's web page www.bournemouth.ac.uk - I took the "staff" option (top right hand corner of the home page) though I think this can be accessed as a student. I'm just surprised their staff pages are accessible to students.On the page this opens, scroll down to and click on "Academic Support". (I bet there are several routes to this page).

    Under Academic Support chose "Disability Support". Top left of this page is a list of options. I took the "staff" one again. This got me a page "Academic Support - Disability Support"

    On of the options in the list of four in the middle of the page "Academic Support - Disability Support", the third one, is "understanding additional learning needs and disabilities". Click on that.

    This gives you a page with a list of disabilities. The top one is "aspergers".  Click on that and you get what I was on about.

    Confused?  I bet you are. Lots of Universities tell students they can find the information they want on the University web pages. Patently not. Its easy to quote a web page to a student. It is really a hard search for most students to find anything useful, and this sequence proves it.

    Having got there though, this is one of the best on-line advice services for staff on how to support disabled students. However the reason I flagged it up is it still must leave teaching staff nonplussed. It really isn't that easy a read!

    And it may be quite a revelation for people on the spectrum, how teaching staff are told to regard us.

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