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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://www.topcollegeconsultants.com/ is a great resource for parents of kids with ASD and LDs etc. They have a FB group.

Check our Edinboro U and Slippery Rock U in PA. Both are public and have autism support programs. Marshall U in WV is another. [/quote]

I live in PA and have a son with ASD and anxiety who is taking a break before college but he went through the appllication process so I am very familiar with a lot of programs. The PA state schools are going through a transition and Edinboro is merging with other schools. I believe Slippery Rock is staying by itself. This does not include Penn State, Pitt and Temple which are state related schools. Regardless, the program at Slippery Rock is staffed by grad students and i did not feel it would have provided enough support. It is very new. Also, people told me that it is not a nurturing environment. Edinboro used to have a vibrant program for physical disabilities and funding was cut.

I really liked Marshall. The town is cute and the size of the school seemed very manageable. I liked the autism program. It is on the list for the future. Mercyhurst is also very good. University of Hartford doesn't have a specific ASD program but they provide a lot of support. There are a lot of schools in Florida but state schools in Florida have gotten very hard to get into. There are many many lists around that you can look at. I called many schools to find out what the special programs provided. My ds would need social support - if the program only provided academic support, that  wasn't enough. Oh, another great program is at Western Kentucky. Ds got in but it required mandatory study halls for a certain number of hours every day which ds would never do. You really need to do a lot of work yourself. I suppose I could have used a consultant but I know my kid better than anyone else. Good luck![/quote]

Great info on your search from PA, PP! My kid is just starting high school (ASD/ADHD, 2e, super smart but lacking 'activities of daily living' skills). I was impressed by Edinboro and Slippery Rock on line and the fact that they are public/cheap is attractive. I was more wary of Marshall b/c of its locale in isolated WV (almost all white? a shock to the system after diverse DC). I had read of Edinboro and Mercyhearst, but with the $10K off for DC residents, public is attractive! But I like that Mercyhearst has a dorm for kids in the AIM program.

Top College Consultants...haven't used them as a consultant but it's got a great list of schools w autism programs: https://www.topcollegeconsultants.com/autism-in-college/  This info can be hard to find. Yup, W KY is on there.

Marshall seemed to have more of a deficit model...whereas Bellevue College in WA seems more neurodiversity-affirming...but I can't imagine sending my kid a planeride away! [/quote]

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