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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Reviving this thread to see if anyone has experience with navigating ADHD/ASD at a large midwest public- Ohio State, Indiana, Minnesota, Michigan State, etc. are a few we are considering for major and merit purposes but concerned about support and distant from home. Level 1 ASD.[/quote]

I graduated from Ohio State and unfortunately I would not recommend it for your student unless they're extremely strong in and confident at self advocacy. I was not diagnosed with either autism or ADHD while I attended (diagnosis of both came in my early 20s after I severely flamed out at my first job) but I was registered with the disability services office due to a physical disability and while they tried to be helpful they were definitely overburdened and understaffed.

Students are completely responsible for going to the professor's office hours to let the prof know they're registered with disability services and discussing how their accommodations will apply to the specific class (the office provides a letter confirming it and stating the approved accommodations) and at least in my case the process was so intimidating I usually just didn't do it, didn't get accommodations, and suffered for it.

Students have to be organized and proactive in mapping out their schedules and asking good questions of their assigned academic advisor. Some advisors are better than others but in general I would say a student should expect to do most of the leg work themselves.

Socially, there were a ton of options but in my experience it is super easy to just kind of get lost in the shuffle.

I feel bad that this post was so negative, and definitely keep in mind that it is only one person's opinion, but I would be cautious in your student's case.[/quote]

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