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Looking for some hope for my daughters future education and career options.
I have a 17 year old daughter, who was assessed for ASD 2 years ago but was not given a diagnosis despite a previous initial assessment by Actions for Aspergers in school, that implied she demonstrated a combination of ASD traits that became heighten when she became anxious and depressed. She did get a diagnosis of GAD and now takes some medications to help with this. She was unable to take her GCSE's and left school before her exams, she went to Moulton College and passed her level 1 Animal welfare course but it was a daily struggle. She is a bright articulate, creative and emapthetic teenager who loves animals and communicating online with a creative community that role play and write stories, draw characters and she also loves Dungeons and Dragons. She has just started the level 2 course at Moulton but has already began to find it difficult and overwhelming. I have signed up here to ask for some advice and look for some hope for her future education and career options.
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Have a look at our Talk about Specific Information and ASD. Practical support and information. Education and learning.
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Good afternoon sunflower71 and apologies for the delay in responding. The beginning of term is always ridiculously busy. I am sure the medication will take the edge off your daughter's anxiety. I work with many students who would not be able to complete their college and university without their medication. I am in the same situation - I would not be able to work or study without my antidepressants.
Hopefully, once her meds are stable, she can decide what she wants to do. There are so many options these days. There are a number of specialised colleges, some residential for students on the autisitc spectrum. You could try these links:
https://www.autism.org.uk/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI7aDJ4Imz3QIVGIjVCh3njAbCEAAYASAAEgL4-vD_BwE
https://www.autism.org.uk/services/nas-schools.aspx
Hope this helps. Your daughter is very welcome to juoin our STAART initiative which has social media she can tap into:
https://www.gre.ac.uk/for-schools/activities/accessibility-project