Getting a single dorm room - How?

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Can someone lend some ideas.

I had one of those--twice. First time my roommate couldn't stand the subway noise. 2nd time my roommate left to move in with his GF.

If you're open to sharing, it might be worth checking small-ads etc. for households who are looking for a lodger. Parents who's adult children have moved out into their own homes will sometimes rent out spare rooms if they need extra cash, rather than go through the hassle of moving to a smaller home.

I've found this situation better than moving to blocks of apartments or communal rented houses. You would be sharing with mature adults who are used to sharing their home, and less likely to have noise from "party animals" living in an upstairs apartment etc. It can also be a good way to get somewhere in a nicer neighbourhood than you could otherwise afford.

Of course, you will have to get along with the people you share the home with, but you could get into conflicts with neighbours etc. wherever you live, and I've found that this has been less of a problem than I thought it might be.

When I was a student, you simply asked for a single instead of a double when you filled out the application for on-campus housing. The single rooms cost more, and had more demand (I believe there was a lottery for them.)

Rent an apartment off campus

^^^This. I got one that way for all 4 years of college. They usually have a lottery for the students already there who are returning the next year but leave a few for incoming freshmen in case there is someone with a need for one. For example blind people with service dogs etc. I would guess autism would count and assuming you want the school to be aware of the diagnosis, I would also put that info in with the request for a single dorm room. I think they ask for a reason anyway. I just put that I am hard to get along with and I was lucky and got one. I assume an actual diagnosis would make it that much easier. If the college has a disability-related office and you plan on disclosing, anyway, you might get other ideas from them of what would help.

I've also heard you can get a letter from a psychiatrist stating you NEED a single dorm. I need solitude like most people need air and if I can't get it, I can get nasty and possibly physically attack the person I was sharing a room with. So with me, it's in the other person's best interest I have a single room or dorm. But I'm already living in my own apartment and never got the opportunity to go to college/university at the traditional age and when I do go to college someday, I think I'd be considered too old for a dorm anyway. When I do go to college/university, I'll most likely still be in my apartment. If I go to a college in another state or city, I still plan to just rent an apartment not that far from the campus. My older brother is NT as far as I know, but couldn't stand the dorm environment and ended up moving out and getting his own apartment within WEEKS of living in the dorm. By the time he was in med school, he had a house. I don't know if he owned it or if he was just renting it. But he was in the military so maybe that had something to do with it.

Similar at my son's school. They cost more; you can sign up for them.

If you contact the disability office you may be able to get priority.

Don't forget to tell your child to register with the disability office, even if he can't think of any reason to. You never know when you will need the service, and often it needs to be set up well in advance.

I don't know about dorms but I am currently renting a single room in a 2 rooms flat(shared kitchen and bathroom). The distance is 5 mins by tram from the nearest college and 25 mins by tram to the furthest one (not like I am attending any of them) and the rent is just 25% more than the average price of a place in 2 people room (500PLN+power,gas,water,internet compared to 400PLN+power,gas,water,internet).
I found it in some local internet ads website. It was one of the cheapest 1p rooms though. Most were 700-800PLN.

And college dorms are about 350PLN/multi room, 450PLN/single room as far I know, so the difference isn't that huge but you probably don't have to pay the bills.
It could be different in other countries though.