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Transition to University

Marty

Hi, my son has AS, dyslexia & dyspraxia but has survived school & college and has secured a place at Southampton Solent University this September - his first time living away from home.

So far the University has been really supportive and I hope everything will work out ok.  However I'd be really interested to hear from either parents of other young people with Aspergers, or the students themselves, on the dos and don'ts of transition to University.

We'd also be really interested if your son/daughter, or you if you're the student, are either currently at, or are off to, Southampton Solent this year.

Thanks.

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  • I managed to go to my local university which meant that I could stay at home with my family.  I could not have dealt with living in halls, so this would simply not have been an option for me.  The transition to university was helped by several induction visits to the campus with my Dad, where I could meet a few of my lecturers.  The university I attended was very small and intimate, not much bigger than a 6th form college.

    I studied History which has always been my favourite subject because I can absorb facts easily.

    I did not need to socialise much because I was not living on campus, so I could take my books home after lectures.

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  • I managed to go to my local university which meant that I could stay at home with my family.  I could not have dealt with living in halls, so this would simply not have been an option for me.  The transition to university was helped by several induction visits to the campus with my Dad, where I could meet a few of my lecturers.  The university I attended was very small and intimate, not much bigger than a 6th form college.

    I studied History which has always been my favourite subject because I can absorb facts easily.

    I did not need to socialise much because I was not living on campus, so I could take my books home after lectures.

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