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[quote=Anonymous]My wonderful DD with multiple medical, hearing loss, ADHD and other learning disabilities is graduating from college this week and I am so proud of her and of her perseverance.  Her college journey took 6 years.  It was interrupted in her first year by a bad recurrence of one of her medical conditions, in the 3rd and part of 4th years by the pandemic and  in year 5 by getting Covid and then 7 months of bad post Covid symptoms.  It was pretty hard, there are things she wishes she had done differently, or that she had been able to do differently, but she never gave up. She is graduating having learned so much in her field of study and about adult life in the process. Her university was extremely helpful in certain instances and, at times, completely hands off in ways that were just like real life challenges to navigate. They maintained her merit and financial aid from start to finish, which seemed so surprising given the untraditional path. She used some accommodations religiously, but her path would probably have been easier if she had used more of the accommodations that she qualified for.  Just posting to offer our family’s experience in case helpful to others whose students have similar challenges and are just starting out. There were many times along the way that I wasn’t at all sure she would be able to finish, but I don’t think her resolve ever changed, even when she she didn’t know exactly what the next steps would be.  I know that transitioning to the world of work, with some more internships before that, may also be hard, but I’m really hopeful now that she will be able to take these next steps too.  
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