nyc

All of the GOOD schools (virtually none of which is on the list in post #27) offer disability services. And depending on the student, the "regular" disability services/accom (ie: no special program, so not in the Fiske Guide) might be enough.

D1 (ADD-Inattentive) is currently a senior at a top 20 LAC; she needed very little in terms of services/accom, but she also took advantage of only a fraction of the services/accom available through the disability office. This would likely have been the case at any of the schools on her list b/c we but a lot of effort into the list itself - -primarily checking catlogues for distrib reqs and gened, since D's skill set is not evenly developed (foreign lang is a particular weakness). Despite a stated pref for war weather, D1's list was heavy on MA and CT schools b/c they tend to have far fewer reqs than southern schools.

Embroidery4, if you are worried about S's ACT score, I would suggest you look at the Fairtest list of test optional schools. But be careful, while some schools on the list do not require ANY standardized test scores, others schools will want AP scores instead of ACT/SAT scores or they are test optional only with a certain gpa or rank.

I would also advise checking the catalogue if your S has some academic weaknesses. My fear with D was not so much her getting in - - but getting out of (graduating from) a school with a lot of lang, math or sci reqs (in the end D took 1 yr of bio w/ lab, no foreign lang and a one semester "fun" math class that probab wouldn't have satisfied any school's math req).

You should also call the disability office, becasue the range of accoms are all over the board. One school we scratched off the list granted lang waivers only if the student took the class, worked with a tutor and failed. Another granted automatic lang waivers for students with ADD.

Also, ask whether the school will review documentation and tell you whether S is elig for accom WHEN HE HAS BEEN OFFERED ADMISSION rather than once he has enrolled. Although only a few schools agreed to this and we scratched schools that didn't - - who want to enroll only to discover that the student doesn't qualify for waivers or other expected accoms w/o which s/he may be unable to satisfy the schools grad reqs.

Good luck.

DMelanogaster

DREW??? Quite easy to get into, in NJ, test optional!

gerbilmom

I have a couple of years before my twin boys - both mildly on the spectrum - one aspy and one pdd-nos, and both add, apply for colleges. I got some great ideas from this thread - thank you everyone - but I noticed the lack of NY State schools. Anybody know if any of them provide services? One son is already on a 504, the other still gets resource room and - luckily- has had the privilege of being in integrated classes for his major classes as a non IEP student, even though he has one - so he gets support. They both need help organizational and time management areas - and perhaps someone to review with them. THe northeastern program sounded great for them. Thanks!

nyc

Maybe post on the SUNY boards?

nanakw

Does anyone know about Franklin Academy post grad program? I am looking at Landmark College for my NLD grandson. He needs a great deal of support and perhaps Franklin would have more NLD students. I would appreciate any info or experiences. Thanks.

DrSeuss

At Fairleigh Dickenson University:

COMPASS: College-based Support for Students with Asperger's :: Fairleigh Dickinson University

danakaplan

My Junior S loves Northeastern as I have heard wonderful things about their LD support which he really needs, he have a 3.7 GPA (no AP classes) but very low PSAT scores as his current school doesn't challenge these kids. I hear that Northeastern is VERY difficult to get into now.....and their General Studies program is very hard also. Any thoughts??

ggrose

To AlwaysANobie,

Did you find the Landmark College summer program to be worthwhile for your son?
We are considering it for our ADD-inattentive type son.
Thanks for your thoughts about it.

kartwheelie

I have AS, good grades and low SATs, and was accepted to six colleges - and the ones that I think I liked the best for supports were Susquehanna and McDaniel. They have a lot of different things, and the lady in charge of services at Susquehanna was really really good. My parents were really impressed with her, and she told me they have a bunch of kids with AS there.

I would look at schools that will help your kids first, before insisting they be like HYSP type schools. The goal is success, isn't it? And some of them will only offer you money for four years, so you should ask first. I am going to probably take 5-6 years because I don't want to do 18 credits a semester, just 12. No one is getting jobs right after they get out, anyway.

If your son or daughter has good grades and lousy SATs, I would look at fairtest schools, and also Kutztown will take kids like that. They have a big art department, it's supposed to be famous for that, so they aren't as much an intellectual's university as they are into creative things. My cousin graduates in May with her degree in journalism and has been published twice already.

I have heard not so good things about Landmark. You might want to check out a website that does students review. If I post the name here they will yank it. :*

foolishpleasure

^^^ Congrats on you acceptances. D also looked at Susquehana and McDaniels, but ultimately took each off her list b/c of distirbution requirements. As one of the earlier posts noted, many schools (including those in the HYP range) offer excellent services -- just not codified as a special program (ala SALT, COMPASS, etc). Also, many of the special programs are quite pricey - - on top of the standard COA -- and often w/ no increase in need-based aid, which put them out of reach for us.

Since D grades/scores were strong enough, tho by no means stellar, we focused on schools with open curric, so D could avoid foreign lang classes all toghether. D was accepted ED to a LAC a great disability office (but no special program) and graduates later this month - - having never (to my chagrin) taken full advantage of the services available to her (and thus didn't imporve her skills as much as she could have - - but that's another story).

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Danakaplan, Northeastern has gotten tremendously popular over the past 5-7 years, but the univ may have separate admissions for LD students. Otherwise, NU is a definite reach - - but not impossible.

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Ggrose, D attended the Landmark summer program. It was ok, but primarily b/c it gave her the oppty to interact w/ a large group of high-functioning, college-bound LD students; the course and purported skill-dev were quite weak.

vfm1020

I would also like to hear some reviews of Summer High School program at Landmark College.

Joan52

My daughter has a math LD and is not especially good at foreign language. I had her take foreign language at our local CC between 1st and 2d years of college. She is majoring in education so she took ASL, which is allowed at SUNY for ed majors. Otherwise, I'd have had her take Hebrew because I can help her with it and she took it for years in Hebrew school. You only need a C to transfer credits and they don't factor in to your GPA, at least at SUNY. You do need to get advance permission from your home school...

Despite her LD, she tested in the mid 600's on her math SAT so she only has to take math for non-math major elementary education majors, which should be easy enough. She tested out of all other math requirements at her school, thankfully or we'd have done the transfer route as well.

Some of you might want to consider this route for those subjects your child has the most trouble with. Another avenue (one I am considering with my Aspie son if he ever decides to go back to college is CLEP testing. My son hates math but will likely score high enough to be exempt from distribution requirements at the type of college he'd attend.)

As for LD programs at schools. I have heard good things about Iona in NY. Its LD program charges extra but the kids get out in 4 years usually so the costs balance out. My friend's daughter hated Curry and transferred out after one semester. I also know of a kid at Colorado who has pretty severe LDs that his parents denied to the school and used their money to hide (by getting him massive amounts of tutoring as they didn't need to rely on special ed services like the rest of us).

danakaplan

great place but impossible to get into now...had an increase of thousands of applicants this past fall.......my son's dream college

Shopgrlz

I am deaf, and have ADHD and also use a medication called Topamax that interferes with language, math and programming skills. I also have some mobility issues. I have been a pain in the side of RIT in Rochester, NY in my opinion but they have done everything and I mean everything to accommodate my needs as a student. The staff and professors are I would say the best in not just the U.S. but the world. I am given the extended time needed and the professors are one on one with all the students not just LD students. I have had my gripes so this is not some advert to get you to go there. The environment is different there since one of our 8 colleges is for Deaf and hard of hearing students like myself. Out of 15,000 plus students about 1,400 are in NTID the Deaf college and also 10% of the student body are from around the world. RIT offers everything pretty much plus a awesome campus and friends and I am an older student of 43 (soon 44). The kids rock! Deaf or Hearing! But if you have disabilities RIT is the place to go for they help you finish.

Shopgrlz

Schools are not supposed to charge for LD services! That i think is illegal and they get Federal money to pay for many of the programs. You should look into this immediately. I have been to both public and private schools and none have charged me in any state.