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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]16:53 -- to answer your question, DD did just fine in high school. She was very focused, wanted to get into college. She wanted to be like everyone else at her school, and all were busy applying to college. We did have to help her with her applications, but she managed most of her school work on her own with almost no support from us.

It's just now that she's faced with all the freedom college offers, that she's unable to focus. I don't know why. All sorts of fears come to mind: schizophrenia? personality disorder? depression?

Can ASD morph into something else? Or do ASD kids fall apart without the structure and familiarity of high school?

She's socially very awkward, and she told me that she's going to focus on making friends at college. I said fine, but that's not the only point of college. She has AP's, so she will take a reduced load her first semester at least.

What else can I do at this point?

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She needs help setting up routines and structure for herself in college. You can help her do that. She needs to have a plan about when to eat and when to go to class and when to study and when to do laundry and when to go socialize (scheduled club meetings could help with this).

If the school has time management workshops, that can help her and you with creating structure and a day-to-day plan for her. [/quote]

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