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[quote=Anonymous]DC2 has special needs---is not an academic kid at all---but very handy and could easily learn a skilled trade.  Nor do I realistically think---given DC2's IEP and standardized test scores---that DC2 will ever be college material.    DC2 is watching DC1 (who IS much more academically inclined and lightyears ahead in maturity) work on college applications.

DC2 surprised me with several college brochures.  Now, I can tell from our initial conversations that DC hasn't thought through anything associated with college other than as an opportunity to play club/intramural sports, stay up late and go to parties.  DC2 is developmentally far less mature than peers and has no real friends.  In no way is DC2 ready to live away from home with similarly aged peers---I could easily foresee a situation where DC2 tries drugs/alcohol as a way to win friends.

Yes, I know that there are many, many immature college freshman, but we are talking an entirely different level of dysmaturity. 
And I just can't fathom the idea of paying tens of thousands for college when everything I know tells me that it would rapidly become a disaster.

What do similarly situated parents of SN kids do in this situation?  When you know that there is no way that your kid can survive in a neurotypical 4 year live-away from home college environment and it could easily lead to much greater problems?

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