My 18 year old daughter has recently been diagnosed with AS and is about to take A levels and has applied to go to uni. Although the diagnosis was from a psychiatrist he referred her on to a psychologist for assessment, but she wont get an appt for this for a year as they are so busy, which will be too late. I worry about her being able to cope with day to day living as she is not good at planning or thinking about what time it is etc. Can anyone give me any advice please?
Rubyruby,
I have AS and have a Degree (BEng (hons) in Software Engineering for Real-Time Systems, to be precise), so, if nothing else, I'm living proof that someone with AS can do well at Uni! 
Now, having said that, I think there are a couple of important caveats - firstly, I wasn't diagnosed when I was at university, though I don't know that helped or hindered me (I believe I may have got support from the unversity had I, and they, known, and who knows, maybe I'd've come out with a slightly higher grade of degree), secondly I did a degree in something which I was already very interested in, found quite easy, and didn't require excellent academic skills (there's not much essay writing, for example, in a Software Engineering degree).
However, there were a few things I found extremely helpful - the first I've already mentioned - because of my interest in the subject I wanted to go to the lectures, and, so, though I too find timekeeping and organisation difficult, I made to those lectures I wished to go to - which brings me on to the second thing - whilst there are of course deadlines for assignments, and so on, and lectures are at a certain time in a certain place, there's next to no requirement to actually attend any lectures at all - as long as you complete the coursework on time, and achieve the grades to get through each year, it's entirely up to you how you acheive that - that makes the whole timekeeping thing much less stressful, and easier to manage - finally, I find the more academic someone is the more 'aspy traits' they tend to have (a broad generalisation, I know), and so I found 'fitting in' and 'making freinds' was much easier at University than it ever was at school, or has been since - plus, one's coursemates and oneself are all in the same boat, so there's a degree of camaraderie from that.
Rubyruby,
I have AS and have a Degree (BEng (hons) in Software Engineering for Real-Time Systems, to be precise), so, if nothing else, I'm living proof that someone with AS can do well at Uni!
Now, having said that, I think there are a couple of important caveats - firstly, I wasn't diagnosed when I was at university, though I don't know that helped or hindered me (I believe I may have got support from the unversity had I, and they, known, and who knows, maybe I'd've come out with a slightly higher grade of degree), secondly I did a degree in something which I was already very interested in, found quite easy, and didn't require excellent academic skills (there's not much essay writing, for example, in a Software Engineering degree).
However, there were a few things I found extremely helpful - the first I've already mentioned - because of my interest in the subject I wanted to go to the lectures, and, so, though I too find timekeeping and organisation difficult, I made to those lectures I wished to go to - which brings me on to the second thing - whilst there are of course deadlines for assignments, and so on, and lectures are at a certain time in a certain place, there's next to no requirement to actually attend any lectures at all - as long as you complete the coursework on time, and achieve the grades to get through each year, it's entirely up to you how you acheive that - that makes the whole timekeeping thing much less stressful, and easier to manage - finally, I find the more academic someone is the more 'aspy traits' they tend to have (a broad generalisation, I know), and so I found 'fitting in' and 'making freinds' was much easier at University than it ever was at school, or has been since - plus, one's coursemates and oneself are all in the same boat, so there's a degree of camaraderie from that.
