advice for parent of ASD/High functioning aspergers child

nativeNYer
Wed, 05 Dec 2018 22:18:05 +0000

Thank you all for your advice!! I can’t tell you how much I appreciate hearing from all of you. And also know I g that other people have been through this.

Just to clarify a few things - I completely agree with those of you who said that a school that has supportive ASD programs might be better for him than an Ivy, but he really wants to go to this Ivy, so we felt that we had to let him make his decision and hope it works out. He would never forgive us if we didn’t. Buying doesn’t get in, it’s great to hear suggestions about other schools like RIT and Case Western.

Also, I totally agree on the GAP year advice and have suggested it to him but he doesn’t want to.

Also, he is in therapy now as some people have suggested with and is working on some of these issues. By as many of you know, therapy can be a long process, so I appreciate all the other suggestions of things I can do, I was wondering if people had any experience with any other programs (maybe for the summer before freshman year) to help kids like this get ready for college.

The list of things he should be able to do for himself was very helpful. I think that’s something we can work on with him now before he goes to school.