Autistic man going out of the Group Home System and Public College...

[AspiePie]

So I am in supported living and my father just finally agreed to send me to college at the tender young age of 27... I know most of us don't get to have anything real till 40.. Now all I have to do is take a entrance exam..

Problem is I will have to study to pass it and need assistance studying and the place with which I have been placed isn't about getting aspies into college..

It is about getting people low paying jobs so they can live on welfare for the rest of there life.

the problem is most of my support team don't support my goals and I need to force this through so I can get a tutor to familiarize me with what I need to know?

Does anyone know how to do this???

 

[Warmheart]

Yes.

1. Through The Department of Developmental Services (DDS), your caseworker will be able to help you select an ASD education advocate who collaborates with both yourself and the college to get your goals met. You'll secure a liason to act as an advocate in helping you get the ASD-specific supports and accommodations to
a.) study for the entrance exam, and
b.) learn how best to manage your assignments in your college courses.
Such professionals concentrate on IEPs and 504 Plans, helping younger students get their guaranteed FAPE (Free Appropriate Public Education), so by the time they help a college student out, they're well-versed in the necessary follow-ups to educators and administrators.

2.) Get acquainted now with the disability office in your college. You're likely going to benefit from their back-up, frequently. They will work with the ASD education advocate that DDS helps you secure, and may even be able to smooth things with the entrance exam and application process.

Best of luck!

 

[AspiePie]

Yes.

1. Through The Department of Developmental Services (DDS), your caseworker will be able to help you select an ASD education advocate who collaborates with both yourself and the college to get your goals met. You'll secure a liason to act as an advocate in helping you get the ASD-specific supports and accommodations to
a.) study for the entrance exam, and
b.) learn how best to manage your assignments in your college courses.
Such professionals concentrate on IEPs and 504 Plans, helping younger students get their guaranteed FAPE (Free Appropriate Public Education), so by the time they help a college student out, they're well-versed in the necessary follow-ups to educators and administrators.

2.) Get acquainted now with the disability office in your college. You're likely going to benefit from their back-up, frequently. They will work with the ASD education advocate that DDS helps you secure, and may even be able to smooth things with the entrance exam and application process.

Best of luck!

Do I apply with the collage for the ASD Education Advocate and what is the Department of Developmental Services called in Florida?

 

[Warmheart]

I don't know what Department of Developmental Services is called in Florida, but it's a government agency.

In Florida, you can try a provider search here

http://www.flddresources.org/ProviderSearch.aspx

and if you want to make things easier, go to this agency's homepage to get the phone number and telephone them.

http://apd.myflorida.com/

You might say something to the effect of "I'm an adult with Autism Spectrum Disorder who's currently living in a group home, and I'm applying to college. I'd like your help to find an ASD education specialist to help me with accommodations and supports both in college as well as in the application testing process itself."

I would also contact the college and speak to someone in their department for disabilities there, asking them to 1.) help you find an ASD specialist, and
2.) asking them what supports might be available for your entrance exam. (I got to take my tests alone in a quiet room, and have them be untimed.)

Hope it goes well for you.