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Anonymous wrote:You’re giving no information to guess at what selectivity of schools he is matched to.

That is not their driving force.

You seem unable to fathom that.

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Anonymous wrote:A dear friend has a son with Asperger’s who decided to live at home and attend George Mason. For a while he didn’t have a car but lived on campus at the beginning and later on moved home and commuted. It’s what he wanted to do and he was very successful. Not all college experiences look the same.

Was his home in MD or VA?

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Anonymous wrote:Introverted Junior in high school with mild Asperger's is refusing to research colleges. Says visiting campuses is a waste of time, and will attend the college with the lowest acceptance rate that he gets into. Since he doesn't drive, can folks here recommend 5 smallish colleges that 1) have a town with grocery store that is within walking distance, and 2) have guaranteed first year dorms so that he will have a built-in social living unit. Any that are in warmer climates are a plus, so that he can walk around in the winter. TIA!

That's not enough information for anyone to give you a useful recommendation. The vast majority of undergrads don't have cars. And nearly every school has guaranteed housing for freshmen.

Looks like you want a small, liberal arts college in a warmer part of the country. What's the intended major? What are the stats? Without that, it's kind of pointless to throw this at randos.

Sorry, yes here are more details. Probably economics/poli sci major. He has A's and B's. He got a pretty good SAT and ACt score. I'm pretty sure he could get into U maryland (I hope, knock on wood...). We are just in the planning stages of where to look at now and it is extremely hard to get him to cooperate with us. Extremely. He has Asperger's inflexibility. I think wherever he gets in we would be willing to move to as well, can work remotely.

I would encourage a gap year to work on flexibility and executive function. The gap year program that I've heard recommended most frequently for similar kids is Dynamy, in Worcester. They do a combination of internships and life skills, with optional colleges classes.

-Parent of autistic 11th grader

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Anonymous wrote:Introverted Junior in high school with mild Asperger's is refusing to research colleges. Says visiting campuses is a waste of time, and will attend the college with the lowest acceptance rate that he gets into. Since he doesn't drive, can folks here recommend 5 smallish colleges that 1) have a town with grocery store that is within walking distance, and 2) have guaranteed first year dorms so that he will have a built-in social living unit. Any that are in warmer climates are a plus, so that he can walk around in the winter. TIA!

That's not enough information for anyone to give you a useful recommendation. The vast majority of undergrads don't have cars. And nearly every school has guaranteed housing for freshmen.

Looks like you want a small, liberal arts college in a warmer part of the country. What's the intended major? What are the stats? Without that, it's kind of pointless to throw this at randos.

Sorry, yes here are more details. Probably economics/poli sci major. He has A's and B's. He got a pretty good SAT and ACt score. I'm pretty sure he could get into U maryland (I hope, knock on wood...). We are just in the planning stages of where to look at now and it is extremely hard to get him to cooperate with us. Extremely. He has Asperger's inflexibility. I think wherever he gets in we would be willing to move to as well, can work remotely.

I would encourage a gap year to work on flexibility and executive function. The gap year program that I've heard recommended most frequently for similar kids is Dynamy, in Worcester. They do a combination of internships and life skills, with optional colleges classes.

-Parent of autistic 11th grader

Worcester , MA?

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Anonymous wrote:Introverted Junior in high school with mild Asperger's is refusing to research colleges. Says visiting campuses is a waste of time, and will attend the college with the lowest acceptance rate that he gets into. Since he doesn't drive, can folks here recommend 5 smallish colleges that 1) have a town with grocery store that is within walking distance, and 2) have guaranteed first year dorms so that he will have a built-in social living unit. Any that are in warmer climates are a plus, so that he can walk around in the winter. TIA!

That's not enough information for anyone to give you a useful recommendation. The vast majority of undergrads don't have cars. And nearly every school has guaranteed housing for freshmen.

Looks like you want a small, liberal arts college in a warmer part of the country. What's the intended major? What are the stats? Without that, it's kind of pointless to throw this at randos.

Sorry, yes here are more details. Probably economics/poli sci major. He has A's and B's. He got a pretty good SAT and ACt score. I'm pretty sure he could get into U maryland (I hope, knock on wood...). We are just in the planning stages of where to look at now and it is extremely hard to get him to cooperate with us. Extremely. He has Asperger's inflexibility. I think wherever he gets in we would be willing to move to as well, can work remotely.

OP, there are MANY books and online sources about which colleges have strong disability services offices and a practice of really helping the kids. We went through this for our aspie DD (went to GMU). I would be one for suggesting a gap year for maturation but if you don't want to do that, your first avenue should be studying which college/university will actually help your child with accomodations (which includes housing issues).

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Anonymous wrote:Introverted Junior in high school with mild Asperger's is refusing to research colleges. Says visiting campuses is a waste of time, and will attend the college with the lowest acceptance rate that he gets into. Since he doesn't drive, can folks here recommend 5 smallish colleges that 1) have a town with grocery store that is within walking distance, and 2) have guaranteed first year dorms so that he will have a built-in social living unit. Any that are in warmer climates are a plus, so that he can walk around in the winter. TIA!

That's not enough information for anyone to give you a useful recommendation. The vast majority of undergrads don't have cars. And nearly every school has guaranteed housing for freshmen.

Looks like you want a small, liberal arts college in a warmer part of the country. What's the intended major? What are the stats? Without that, it's kind of pointless to throw this at randos.

Sorry, yes here are more details. Probably economics/poli sci major. He has A's and B's. He got a pretty good SAT and ACt score. I'm pretty sure he could get into U maryland (I hope, knock on wood...). We are just in the planning stages of where to look at now and it is extremely hard to get him to cooperate with us. Extremely. He has Asperger's inflexibility. I think wherever he gets in we would be willing to move to as well, can work remotely.

Honestly, he doesn't sound ready. That doesn't mean he won't be ready in 6 months. But I'd just tell him that if he wants to go he needs to be engaged in the process, and if he doesn't want to engage he can take a gap year, or go to MC, or whatever.

I would keep him close to home. Sounds like decent enough stats for GW? He could use public transport to come home as needed. Perhaps a gap year, working a job/ real word experience?

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Anonymous wrote:Introverted Junior in high school with mild Asperger's is refusing to research colleges. Says visiting campuses is a waste of time, and will attend the college with the lowest acceptance rate that he gets into. Since he doesn't drive, can folks here recommend 5 smallish colleges that 1) have a town with grocery store that is within walking distance, and 2) have guaranteed first year dorms so that he will have a built-in social living unit. Any that are in warmer climates are a plus, so that he can walk around in the winter. TIA!

That's not enough information for anyone to give you a useful recommendation. The vast majority of undergrads don't have cars. And nearly every school has guaranteed housing for freshmen.

Looks like you want a small, liberal arts college in a warmer part of the country. What's the intended major? What are the stats? Without that, it's kind of pointless to throw this at randos.

Sorry, yes here are more details. Probably economics/poli sci major. He has A's and B's. He got a pretty good SAT and ACt score. I'm pretty sure he could get into U maryland (I hope, knock on wood...). We are just in the planning stages of where to look at now and it is extremely hard to get him to cooperate with us. Extremely. He has Asperger's inflexibility. I think wherever he gets in we would be willing to move to as well, can work remotely.

I would encourage a gap year to work on flexibility and executive function. The gap year program that I've heard recommended most frequently for similar kids is Dynamy, in Worcester. They do a combination of internships and life skills, with optional colleges classes.

-Parent of autistic 11th grader

Worcester , MA?

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I was also going to recommend GW if you are ok with the city. Everything, including grocery shopping, is walkable.

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My non-driving rigid Aspie is doing pretty well at UMBC. The campus works well in terms of size and being able to navigate from the forms to classes easily. He bikes over to Arbutus for groceries though it did take a few months to get him comfortable with that. I do agree that maybe starting at community college for a year would be a good stepping stone. Our DS wasn’t ready to live on campus right out of HS even though he could handle the academics just fine. Also I did see him about 3 times a month for the first 2 years actually at collehe because he needed that support and just wanted breaks from campus life.

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Anonymous wrote:I was also going to recommend GW if you are ok with the city. Everything, including grocery shopping, is walkable.

I know GW very well.... it is a city campus. He says he wants to be more near nature.

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My dd is at W&M. She uses the bus to get around Williamsburg and comes home on Amtrak.

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Anonymous wrote:My dd is at W&M. She uses the bus to get around Williamsburg and comes home on Amtrak.

How does she like it?

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Anonymous wrote:Read Colleges That Change Lives

Nononono. And I'm not one of those people who are very anti-CTCL. (although I have gone to CTCL and researched them and tod think that CTCL appeal is all marketing - which, by the way, the CTCL colleges PAY for the right to be a member, pay and tour).). What OP describes has nothing to do with CTCL (which want your money). What oP needs to look at is the quality and quantity of services that the institution they are looking at offers for disabled kids. Some schools (elite, small) have tiny disability services offices and may not be au courante about what services they should be providing. Ideally, you want a school that provides robusst services for disabled kids. And there are books out there to help you in the processl

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Anonymous wrote:My dd is at W&M. She uses the bus to get around Williamsburg and comes home on Amtrak.

I think W&M also has a special support program for students with autism.