Type 1 diabetes and single room

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He’s also eligible for a 504 plan which can grant him any accommodations he needs due to his condition and protect those needs. Not sure if he had one in high school but they also do continue through college. There should be a disability office at his school that can help.

There no IEPs or 504 plans in college. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (the law that provides students with these), no longer applies to them once they graduate from high school.

You will have to seek new and separate accommodations at the university. While I do not have experience with a student or friend at either you mention OP, I do know of two families who were successful in getting singles at local universities due to medical reasons, by working through the student disabilities office and residential life.

504s are provided by the Rehabilitation Act which applies to any institution that accepts federal funds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fwiw, this would be very low on the list of roommate issues imo. Any reasonably good roommate could easily deal with needles and alarms.

I think my kid is a reasonably good roommate (has had no issues so far) but would absolutely not be able to deal with alarms in the middle of the night.

[Anonymous]

To have a single, often having a condition that could affect roommates negatively is key.