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[quote=Anonymous]I can't read through all the messages so I apologize if this has been said.  MANY colleges have a special-education type support program that supports kids with executive function (organization) problems, needing extended test time, and other accommodations.  Research those.  One that comes to mind is West Virginia Univ. (or something like that, in WV).  I met a girl on a plane whose brother with ADHD thrived there and went from F's to A's.  Some community colleges also have such programs.  There are also agencies you can pay (sometimes a lot) to do exec function coaching and some prep stuff before college.  Blanking on the name--I'm sorry!  Probably if you google college and special needs some things will come up.  My father had the brilliant idea of sending my sister who was similar to nursing school.  What a disaster!  Nursing school and careers are BRUTAL and have less to do with bedside manner than with covering one's ass as they rush from patient to patient with too little time and too much work.  People skills are SO important.  Your daughter will be FINE!  I am thinking, at worst, she could be a receptionist in a small office, like a heating and cooling company.  They don't need tons of skills, but they are essential for answering the phones and doing some office work.  That's a perfectly good job, but I bet she will handle much more.  She could continue to be a hostess for many years.  Skys the limit.  She may not get rich but I know a lot of professors who aren't rich either.  If she is sociable she will find fulfillment and maybe take her life's joy from something other than work.  [/quote]

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