I struggled through high school, was assessed and diagnosed in the first year of college, and I'm heading to uni in September for a literature course.
My chosen uni sent me an invite to talk to student services about it and they said they'll make a note of my APD but they're not sure how they can help me, and honestly I'm not sure they can help me either.
In college the majority of work was done from textbooks or worksheets or detailed slides or was just visual based, but I've sat in on a lecture which basically had 1/10th of all the information on the slides and the rest being spoken.
It's hard to explain how the APD works, but it's like the words get all mixed up. I struggle to follow speech especially if there's background noise happening like a clock ticking or someone tapping their pencil. Plus if someone says words that sound like other words (like rhymes and stuff) I struggle to figure out which word they're saying.
I can read and spell fine, although I rely on autocorrect more than I'd like to, and I can bring my laptop for notes. I've seen the main lecture hall and the clock is on the right hand side of the back wall so I can just sit towards the front or to the left. The slides get put up online after the lecture, so I can always go over them on my own time, but I'm not sure how I'm going to keep track of what's actually said in lectures.
Does anyone on here have/know someone with APD/a similar issue that might be able to help me? Student services did the best they could but admitted that they weren't sure how best to help me. How can I keep track of lectures without falling behind due to my APD?