What colleges are you considering for your ASD teen?
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| Just wondering which ones are known to be SN-friendly. We are just starting to think about this stuff for our DD. |
Anonymous
| Colorado College is on the top of my list - block system and good support system. DS doing a gap year first though. |
Anonymous
| It will depend on the uniqueness of your DC. You might consider 2 years closer in and then launch 2 years further away. |
Anonymous
It depends what support you think she needs. My son needs residential as well as academic support, so while he visited and applied to a range of colleges, he ended up going to a GW, private university known for having lots of single rooms - he had no difficulty getting one with a private bath, where he can decompress by himself and have a quiet environment. It's much less stressful than having a roommate, even a quiet, kind one. The GW Disability Office generally has a good reputation - they met with him to go over his accommodations, notably extended time (which has to do with his ADHD, so your daughter might not need that), and it's worked out pretty well so far, with the exception of one prof who can't seem to get the extended time clock working online! 
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Anonymous
| What does she want to study? My child is a STEM kid and is looking at small tech schools. My friend's autistic child, who is interested in arts and humanities, is looking at small liberal arts schools. |
Anonymous
| What are the small tech schools? |
Anonymous
Ones on our list include Clarkson, RPI, RIT (not small, but has an autism support program), WPI, Drexel (also not small but has autism support program), and Rose Hulman. For public schools, we're looking at Michigan Tech, Missouri S&T, and Colorado School of Mines. If you have a top student, CalTech and Harvey Mudd are small, but close to impossible to get into. Olin is tiny and hands on, but also highly rejective. |
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I posted yesterday that St. Joe's has ASD specific housing.
I also know of a student at Macalester. |
Anonymous
| My son is at RIT (ASD/ADHD/2e) and thriving. Good supports and a nerdy vibe to the campus which is great for him. |
Anonymous
GW has invested in this with more staff, counselors, and coaches. They have success coaches to help with time management. |
Anonymous
| George Mason has an autism program |
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Someone posted about looking at the gen ed requirements which is something I never considered. But for my STEM loving, humanities avoiding kid, a school with limited humanities requirements will be a much better fit than one requiring credits across multiple humanities disciplines.
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Can anyone share specific experience in Maryland? We have a junior ASD/ADHD. We have done some casual visits to Towson, UMBC, UMD and SMCM. He feels he would be more comfortable at a larger school. I think he feels that his social awkwardness would stand out more at a small school which was his experience in elementary. I have stressed the accessibility to professors could be helpful at a smaller school like SMCM but he won’t hear it. I hear on this board a lot of smaller school recommendations but hoping he can find support at a larger school too- hopefully a single dorm room. We are targeting MD instate COA and a few hours driving or train away max hence the focus on MD.
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Anonymous
| My son has autism and adhd and thriving at University of Mary Washington. |