My life was a misfire

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It's been a week now. I wonder how Robin has fared in obtaining ASS-P's high school transcripts? Seems awful quiet lately regarding the TLPOP.

...The former outdoor phone that I demoted to an indoor phone is not working at all now:-(. And this new phone, a new outdoor model is having its distinct own problems too !
I have gained so much weight - 300 pounds weight the last time but one then 310 the last weighing! - that may e I should be in the hospital - but I'd miss that eye doctor appointment then - and

I've never heard of indoor and outdoor smartphones before.

......and, I just CAN'T miss that eye-doctor appointment! (later this week now)- - the thought that it might get me a place, and wanting to wrap this all up - and, in the long run, worries about my eyesight .
I now read " real " written things little - I get tempted into messing around on the phone all night, which, furthermore, is difficult to deal with : ESPECIALLY on WP - that it keeps me on too long - and I now REALLY don't have enough light to read comfortably ! At least a phone's lit up. And, no real co.fortable " sitting, well-known supported and lit, spread out something to read " good spot ...

...And, the back pain and the gained weight can lead to SUCH SLUGGISHNESS! Two-day, I was going to taxi and do that laundry...But bagging it, and deciding what to keep and what to toss, took me so much time and had me so tired ...that I decided to put off the doing it once again, to another day. At least I have it bagged and ready now .

So how's it going with the TLPOP? Did Robin get in contact with the high school yet?

...I am at the laundromat. It was 11 or 13 dollars there - I paid a 20 and said " keep it '. Partly I didn't want to quibble with change , I had thought I'd pay him 35%.0With my crippledness I do tend to accept taxi drivers taking my stuff out of the car and putting it on the stock and such .
I was really exhausted, going back and forth in the laundromat and looking for usable machines . When I sat in a laundromat chair, I couldn't find a good grip to get up from the chair, and so had to accept help
The bending over to get things can really be exhausting for me . I accepted help walking downwards at my room in the motel. There's ramp, no- step, rooms in the motel but I've never been in any. I tend to think that my being-handicappedness doesn't really impress itself on people

If it was $11, you should have taken six dollars back; that would have been an excellent tip. If $13, four dollars.

So if he gets the papers, is AssP going to have Red fill out his admission forms too? Wouldn't want that to blow up in his face.

I believe ASS-P said getting the TLPOP was the only obstacle he was going to ask for help with v

To be honest, I wish college wasn't so technology-driven these days.

Under a pre-1995 format, ASS-P would have had it easier, for sure.

But then....ASS-P is smart enough to obtain the basic knowledge needed to fill out college application forms online. If he doesn't fill them out quite "correctly," he can call an admissions counselor---and the counselor could tell him what he did wrong, and how to correct it. This involves being patient.

Well OK then. If Red can get the forms, hes all set. And if he cant, well then he will have to get them himself.

He claims that such people don't or won't help him, and that's the reason for him soliciting random autistics at this forum for said help.

But what about actual homework assignments, tests, and papers?

Frankly, getting into college is the easy part. If you need help with applications and things like that, I’m not sure how college is going to go.

He just has to learn to use Word....that would go a long way. And make sure he has a functional printer.

I'm sure somebody at the library could show him the basics.

If it's an in-class test, and he's studied enough, he could probably pass even while writing in pen.

I've been saying that all along. AssP is homeless, and if he goes to a Community College, most if not all are not residential institutions. Where would he store his books, papers, etc, and keep them clean and presentable? If he did attend a residential University, that would present another problem--the dorms I lived in were, as I recall, not handicapped friendly at all ( I had to climb 4 flights of stairs one year every day). And then there was getting around campus--it was a big one, and it could be a challenge just to get from one end of it to the other in the 10 minutes I had sometimes to get from say a lecture hall to a lab. Oh, and the dorms? He would have a roommate, and if his hygiene isn't up to par that person would certainly complain, and he most certainly could be kicked out for it.

Another question is how would he pay for it? Student loans might be an option, but this is a source of crushing debt for many that lingers long after the "college experience" is years done with. And if he is in fact taking a full load of courses, this might be a signal to the social security office that he is NOT disabled, and could affect his SSDI.