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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I always wonder how the DC will cope after college with those disabilities.  I hope somehow it works for them, but I always wonder how they find suitable workplaces…[/quote]

My 11th grader is autistic. School is really hard for him. The executive function demands of having 6 classes, having to socially interact with peers all day, having little control over the content of classes, not understanding things like analyzing literature in English class. But he will be amazing when he can work full time in a job related to his special interests. I know that because he has an internship this year and has none of the difficulties that he has at school.[/quote]

I forgot to add that as we are looking at colleges, we're focusing less on the LD services from the school (they all offer basic accommodations and I will pay for a separate executive function coach anywhere) and more on keeping distribution requirements to a minimum/maximizing course choices.[/quote]

NP—this resonates with me.  I appreciate you bringing it up.  When I look at schools, they all have a disability office.  I’m not sure how a school gets categorized as a good supportive school.  Extra time, quiet space for testing, single rooms all seem to be fairly basic accommodations that any school can meet provided the student applies for accommodations through the disability office.

But focusing on the distribution requirements—that’s an excellent idea.  My STEM loving kid cannot stand English or History or really any subject that is not physics or math.  If I could find a school that didn’t require that many credits outside of his intended major or even if the school offered something like English for Physicists, that would be great.  Schools offer things like Calculus for non engineers—it would be great to offer humanities classes for the analytical type.

PP—thank you again for bringing this point up.  It has helped me immensely. [/quote]

I'm glad it was helpful! Look at Rose Hulman (even their English classes are tech focused) and WPI (must take 5 humanities classes, but can be tech focused art classes).[/quote]

Rose Hulman is on his list.  I’ll take a look at WPI.  The humanities courses that other poster mentioned sound great.[/quote]

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