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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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  • Could I endorse those last points on keeping an eye on what service is provided. There's still a lot of old data around, like examples of experience with the earliest diagnosed AS students going through - bit like being someone from a lost tribe. So you may find assumptions being made based on textbook definitions, and a lack of knowledge of other common problems. They seem to know that the effect of AS on people can be very varied, yet still tend to stereotype. Also a lot of universities put too much emphasis on student services support without recognising the need to involve teaching staff. Lecturers just going into a room/theatre, spouting for an hour, and walking out again is largely a thing of the past, and lecturers have much more contact with students. Russell Group Universities jointly obtained consultation with a high profile agency on disability provision, but I'm not sure they are any better off regarding autism support.

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  • Could I endorse those last points on keeping an eye on what service is provided. There's still a lot of old data around, like examples of experience with the earliest diagnosed AS students going through - bit like being someone from a lost tribe. So you may find assumptions being made based on textbook definitions, and a lack of knowledge of other common problems. They seem to know that the effect of AS on people can be very varied, yet still tend to stereotype. Also a lot of universities put too much emphasis on student services support without recognising the need to involve teaching staff. Lecturers just going into a room/theatre, spouting for an hour, and walking out again is largely a thing of the past, and lecturers have much more contact with students. Russell Group Universities jointly obtained consultation with a high profile agency on disability provision, but I'm not sure they are any better off regarding autism support.

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