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Do further education disability departments receive Autism training?

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Some of you may have seen a thread by me in Living on the spectrum.

Basically, I had a meeting on Tuesday with disability services at college to see what help they could offer me. It ended up with them and my support worker deciding that I'm not Autistic and I'm just lonely and need counselling. (ok, the last bit is true; but for a completely different reason) The argument was based on the fact that she thinks her father has it and I'm nothing like him. I can think of many people on the spectrum who I'm nothing like. And it's because I also don't have a proper diagnosis. No-one has actually said I don't have it either.

The college are running a course on Autism in June. Should be interesting to see what they get wrong...

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  • There are some colleges with staff who are knowledgeable about Asperger syndrome and are able to provide help and support to students. I think universities are behind the curve and are also hindered by ingrained academic cultural practices. Some university lecturers are reluctant to change their styles of teaching to accommodate SEN because doing so is anathema to a traditional academic.

    My own experience from college is that students with AS benefit more if they understand the system and exam technique. Traditionally SEN support has overwhelmingly focused on the subject studied. Many students with AS are alleged to throw away much of their potential because they lack knowledge of how the system works and have poor exam technique despite possessing strong knowledge in the subject they are studying. 

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  • There are some colleges with staff who are knowledgeable about Asperger syndrome and are able to provide help and support to students. I think universities are behind the curve and are also hindered by ingrained academic cultural practices. Some university lecturers are reluctant to change their styles of teaching to accommodate SEN because doing so is anathema to a traditional academic.

    My own experience from college is that students with AS benefit more if they understand the system and exam technique. Traditionally SEN support has overwhelmingly focused on the subject studied. Many students with AS are alleged to throw away much of their potential because they lack knowledge of how the system works and have poor exam technique despite possessing strong knowledge in the subject they are studying. 

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