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worriednow

I have a son who has Aspergers and is having a miserable time at University, cannot organise himself at all. I'm afraid he will fail the first year, but what can I do.

He does get support, but it appears quite poor in quality and most of this term the support was off sick so none provided !!

 

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  • Sadly, UNIs are not the best at funding support from their own budget. Your son needs to urgently apply for Disabled Student Allowances - he needs to prove his diagnosis (a letter from someone years ago or a current GP letter) and then show (GP/ College or school report) to show the effect on day to day functioning - incl note taking, communicating, connecting with others, processing info, being organised etc. SFE shoudl then approved an assessment - and YOU and SON need to say what the challenges are and what support would be needed to address this - a support person to be in class - in group work - in tutorials etc - the assessor should consider where the Uni usually sources their support (some in house, some use agencies). The assessor makes recommendations and the SFE usually approve funding for that support. Choosing the right uni is important - some have a better approach to ASD than others.  The NAS has stusent support in some Uni's funded via DSA. Not sure where your son is at Uni - so can t help with specific signposting.  Hope you sort it.

    Rosalyn

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  • Sadly, UNIs are not the best at funding support from their own budget. Your son needs to urgently apply for Disabled Student Allowances - he needs to prove his diagnosis (a letter from someone years ago or a current GP letter) and then show (GP/ College or school report) to show the effect on day to day functioning - incl note taking, communicating, connecting with others, processing info, being organised etc. SFE shoudl then approved an assessment - and YOU and SON need to say what the challenges are and what support would be needed to address this - a support person to be in class - in group work - in tutorials etc - the assessor should consider where the Uni usually sources their support (some in house, some use agencies). The assessor makes recommendations and the SFE usually approve funding for that support. Choosing the right uni is important - some have a better approach to ASD than others.  The NAS has stusent support in some Uni's funded via DSA. Not sure where your son is at Uni - so can t help with specific signposting.  Hope you sort it.

    Rosalyn

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