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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've set up a new thread, as suggested by ColinCat mod, and hope this meets with approval.

    I agree with Hope about the importance of getting a degree, but am very conscious that for many people on the spectrum the difficulties getting a job afterwards can undermine much of the benefit.

    I suffered badly in school, possibly because my peers discovered a meltdown could be easily induced (I haven't had problems with this since school), and I was bullied mercilessly. I left school with poor qualifications and had all the bad experiences of innumerable unsuccessful job applications, periods of unemployment, and jobs that didn't last. I got some qualifications, enough to get into university to study geography.

    University worked for me, I got a 2.1, I went on to do a PhD. Work was not then a problem, because I had certain employable talents, but it was very difficult to fit in, and I lived in fear of dismissal in a succession of jobs of reasonable duration, but living hell. My social skills are passable but draw attention, and there are mysterious gaps where I cannot seem to do anything much, which were vulnerably offset by how valuable my talents were at any one time. After the slump in the early 90s I was unemployed for 18 months, back in my post school position. However I got into teaching. Fitting in to the "collegiate" environment has always been a problem, but I lasted until retirement.

    I also engaged in disability support at teaching level, and particularly working with students with aspergers etc.

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  • I've set up a new thread, as suggested by ColinCat mod, and hope this meets with approval.

    I agree with Hope about the importance of getting a degree, but am very conscious that for many people on the spectrum the difficulties getting a job afterwards can undermine much of the benefit.

    I suffered badly in school, possibly because my peers discovered a meltdown could be easily induced (I haven't had problems with this since school), and I was bullied mercilessly. I left school with poor qualifications and had all the bad experiences of innumerable unsuccessful job applications, periods of unemployment, and jobs that didn't last. I got some qualifications, enough to get into university to study geography.

    University worked for me, I got a 2.1, I went on to do a PhD. Work was not then a problem, because I had certain employable talents, but it was very difficult to fit in, and I lived in fear of dismissal in a succession of jobs of reasonable duration, but living hell. My social skills are passable but draw attention, and there are mysterious gaps where I cannot seem to do anything much, which were vulnerably offset by how valuable my talents were at any one time. After the slump in the early 90s I was unemployed for 18 months, back in my post school position. However I got into teaching. Fitting in to the "collegiate" environment has always been a problem, but I lasted until retirement.

    I also engaged in disability support at teaching level, and particularly working with students with aspergers etc.

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