Autistic uni student ask me anything

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Glean and a microphone to record lectures

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Global tasks to help organisation

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Brain in hand to come up with solutions when unpredicted things happen

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Claro view

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Scholarcy which summarises articles

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Software to organise sources for articles and referring

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Grammarly premium for formatting sentences

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Printer and printing allowance

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Mentoring for 2 hours a week one does study skills and organisation and the other hour is mental health support

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Exams in a room no more than 10 people

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25% extra time

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20 minutes of rest breaks per hour

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Headphones are allowed in exams

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Provides a summary of how autism manifests in me and the challenges academically and socially

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Clear and unambiguous language when marking etc and extra sessions to go through feedback

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Written conformation of all the work in the different modules at the start of term such as presentations

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Having a reading list and shows which is required and extra

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All course material avaliable 24 hours before the lecture

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For group work and presentations I can pick my group and present to a smaller group also meetings to check how it's going

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Record the lectures

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Don't ask me questions unless I volunteer the answer

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Have rest breaks and a support worker during labs

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Also if my attendance slips have a meeting to see what adjustments are needed

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Can wear headphones in lectures and labs

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Able to leave the lecture if overwhelmed and can arrive late or leave early

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So the staff are amazing as I asked if they have lecture notes to go with slides and they wouldn't normally give them out as it stops people focusing but gave them to me

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Sunflower lanyard so staff are more understanding

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Autistic student support group

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Orientation support and tour

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Random events during the year such as private tour of labs and support sessions