Freshers’ Week does not have to be daunting. Jacob ‘Jake’ Durn tells us how he navigated through his first few weeks at Falmouth University and ended up with experiences and friends to cherish.
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Student Stories
Settling in at Bath: James’s top tips
James is a second-year Molecular and Cellular Biology student who below shares some of his tips about joining the University as an autistic student.
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Penny and the library
Penny shares her worries about being in a university library and some thoughts on how libraries can be designed to reduce anxieties in autistic students.
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Kathleen’s top tips for studying
Broadcast Media student Kathleen McDermott from the University of Brighton has put together three videos intended to help other autistic students cope at university. She draws from her own experience of studying for three years and uses the vlogs to teach others how to be organised, how to cope when getting confused and what to do when writing a dissertation.
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A student’s view on sharing an autism diagnosis
We spoke to Fern during her final year as an undergraduate Politics student in the UK. We asked her how she feels about disclosing her autism to the university and to fellow students.
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