University with Autism

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I have High Functioning Autism, Dyspraxia and ADD. I am at a special needs boarding school in the first year of sixth form studying 5 GSCE's, several B-Techs including cookery, an ASDAN qualification and I learn lifeskills. Whether I got the required grades for it or not my parents wanted me to be in a special needs environment where I could learn lifeskills. I am aware of foundation degrees and I found one right up my street http://www.gold.ac.uk/ug/integrated-deg ... hropology/ . My dream is to study either History, Anthropology, Sociology or Art whether I get a career in those fields or not. But I'd want to make sure I had the right educational support at University. Does anyone have experience of going to University and getting support?

Welcome to Wrongplanet. Yes, I've gotten support when I started going to university and I'm now doing my doctorate. If your university has department for disabled and special needs students, then that's where you should go to.

These things vary widely from university to university.

This is Gold's disability department. I would suggest contacting them and finding out what support could be available.

If it seems like they aren't right for you then maybe try studying A Levels at a local college to widen your options and get into a university with a better disability service.

I go to a different uni, and I have a social mentor and a professional mentor to help me stay organised, reduce stress, and come up with study strategies.

I tried Googling for any student reviews of their disability support but couldn't find any, which might be a good thing as it means there may not be any complaints. Offering dyspraxia assessment so prominently on the disability page rather than just wheelchair access looks promising. Where I studied (Bristol) has Autism/Asperger's top of the list on their disability support page but either things have changed since I studied or it's all hot air as all they did for me was spam me with things about physical disabilities and how to apply for money I wasn't actually eligible for, and took a year to give a dyslexic friend a laptop. On a 1 year course.

I was at Goldsmiths for 4 years (BSc psychology with an integrated foundation year), and I absolutely loved it there.