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This post is by Autism College’s\u00a0 first guest blogger,\u00a0 Kerry Magro, who was diagnosed with PDD-NOS at age four. Now as an adult who has autism, he is a recent graduate of Seton Hall University\u2019s prestigious Leadership Development Honors program, majoring in Sports Management. In 2008 as a college sophomore he started the first Student Disability Awareness club in Seton Hall\u2019s history to help spread awareness and raise funds for those affected by autism and other disabilities.*<\/em><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the scenario: You\u2019re a college freshman. You\u2019re on your way to THE<\/em> higher learning experience of a life time. There is a catch though. As an individual with autism going into college you are in a distinct unknown class which is both good and bad. If you look at some websites today you may see how many people go to college from a certain race\/demographic. With a learning disability though, especially autism, we don\u2019t know the numbers of who\u2019s going to college today and who\u2019s not. What we do know is that an estimated 500,000 people with autism will become adults within the next decade. This means that your story, through your college experience, can inspire so many.<\/p>\n

With so much still unknown it means that many people are still unaware of autism at the college level. Granted some programs know what they are doing, many still have a very long way to go. I can tell you though my life has changed so much because of my college experience with autism. When I was 4, I was diagnosed with pervasive developmental disorder- not otherwise specified (PPD-NOS). Almost 18 years later I made my dreams come true by receiving a diploma from Seton Hall University. I went through so many challenges to get there but because I faced those challenges I\u2019ve become a stronger individual by far. Because of the uncertainty, it\u2019s how you prepare now which will ultimately be all the difference in your college experience.<\/p>\n

So where do you start? Many of the steps are very basic and most of them involve just one word which awareness<\/em>. The steps that I tell people through a few blogs I\u2019ve wrote is broken down into these\u2026<\/p>\n

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  1. Making sure you understand who the faculty members are for your program (director, disability specialist, etc.)<\/li>\n
  2. Understanding what accommodations they offer (extended time on tests, private rooms for exam periods, individual note-takers, etc.)<\/li>\n
  3. Finding out if there is a disability support student organization (important in regards to making sure students have a \u201cvoice\u201d and community that can promote acceptance and diversity).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Ideally these steps will put you ahead of the game. Still you will need to have a strategy for how to assess your Individualized Education Program (IEP) in College. I was the unfortunate soul who realized 2 weeks within college that I no longer would have an IEP. No one ever told me that my IEP would be stripped away, even during my exit interview. As I know this is August you can\u2019t just go back to High School and do this but I would take any and all notes you have from your exit interview from High School and assess where you are as a whole. Find out what your strengths and weaknesses are and then after you figured that out what accommodations they offer (step 2 above). I would suggest doing all of these steps with a parent\/guardian as well to make sure you don\u2019t miss anything while going through the trials.<\/p>\n

    Other Mentions I usually tell people are:<\/p>\n