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Planning for university

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My son is 18, has aspergers and currently at a sixth form college. He is very scientific and 'mathy' but has struggled his whole life long with expressing himself with writing, and even the physical process of writing with pen and paper. His college lend him a laptop and he has extra time in exams.

As he would like to go on to university to study computer science and I would like to encourage him to reach his potential and find a niche in the adult world, we went to a university open day last week. I targeted the 'Student Support Accessibilty' Desk and they said for him to get any kind of support at (any) uni he needs to arrange an Educational Psychologist Assessment (EPA) and it was likely to cost us about £300, before going through other administrative hoops with the county council etc. to get all the right forms.

I was surprised that we have to pay at all, and so much for what I suppose is a diagnosis. He was diagnosed at 11 (going through our GP) and has had various special needs assistance through school.

Before I start the process of looking into all this (which I will do, and start saving up!) does anyone know if this is true about having to pay for this EPA ? Is help only available to those who can afford it?

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  • Thanks for your comments nmr. I have to suppose that each university has its own version of 'support'. The mentoring sounds good. As a parent I would like to know that someone there had their eye on his progress or any potential problems, especially when Longman (above) said that parents are out of the loop because he is over 18.

    To start with he needs this evidence of disability, hence this new post 16 assessment that has to be organised and paid for up front. I have decided to ask staff at his present college about organising this, even though he has had various assessments all through school and also just lately before sitting an exam (an exam that went badly because of many distractions, as you might expect with 5 different exams going on in the same large hall and a dispute with the invidulator who didn't have a note of my son's allowed extra time. This lack of care makes my blood boil, but is typical of the difficulty he has had so far, and I suspect will always have).

    He and I realise that he has to fit around the NT crowd in order to get on, but we will grab at any help, even if it is not as it should be.

     

     

     

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  • Thanks for your comments nmr. I have to suppose that each university has its own version of 'support'. The mentoring sounds good. As a parent I would like to know that someone there had their eye on his progress or any potential problems, especially when Longman (above) said that parents are out of the loop because he is over 18.

    To start with he needs this evidence of disability, hence this new post 16 assessment that has to be organised and paid for up front. I have decided to ask staff at his present college about organising this, even though he has had various assessments all through school and also just lately before sitting an exam (an exam that went badly because of many distractions, as you might expect with 5 different exams going on in the same large hall and a dispute with the invidulator who didn't have a note of my son's allowed extra time. This lack of care makes my blood boil, but is typical of the difficulty he has had so far, and I suspect will always have).

    He and I realise that he has to fit around the NT crowd in order to get on, but we will grab at any help, even if it is not as it should be.

     

     

     

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