Just wanted to give another update as an encouragement to anyone else who is dealing with something similar with their student.
DD went back to college for Fall of 2023. Due to her diagnosis she was able to qualify for a single room which has been a huge help. We have found the best medications for treatment and she gets weekly therapy as well. We didn’t realize how much her ADHD was connected to a lot of other things so treating that has improved all areas.
This has helped her social anxiety so much and she has made some good friends in the last few months. She also finished the semester with a 4.0.
But as her therapist has said the journey will continue to have its ups and downs so we are realistic about this. The first month wasn’t easy as she adjusted. But we feel like she (as well as family) are much better equipped to deal with future challenges.
Just wanted to say thanks again for the advice and encouragement!
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Hello, I have been following your posts. So happy to read things have gotten better for your daughter. I am looking for schools for my son, who is neurodiverse. Would you share what school she attends? Trying to figure out a way to private message you.
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So happy to hear of this! Now (not that you don’t deserve to bask in the sunshine of her current success and stability), it’s a good idea to start looking ahead to what’s going to happen for her after college. Every transition is a challenge for these kids. She seems to have college down now. Time to start talking about what happens next - grad school, career, etc. You don’t want her to be graduated and then you all say, “Now what?”
One friend’s daughter with ASD finished college and a master’s, then began work, interrupted by the pandemic, never went back. Ugh. She’s living at home at the age of 26, and I don’t see any progress towards independence. Another finished college, luckily with a degree that was in extremely high demand, got a good-paying job, in which she encountered a horrible supervisor who persecuted her out, but was able to switch to another company before too much damage was done, and is doing extremely well there. Social connectedness is always a problem, as is anxiety and executive functioning, but with support, they can do very well. But it doesn’t happen as smoothly and naturally as it does for neurotypicals - you have to plan ahead for each life change.
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