After my son graduated from high school last year, the two of us (it’s truly a joint effort) have worked REALLY hard to transition from high school to the world of adulthood, a scary and exciting place with no road signs.
This newsletter will discuss the lessons that I’ve learned while moving my son with high functioning autism from high school to adulthood. Because I’m a former college professor, I have been able to “hack” the community college to work for him. I’ll share those stories and tips.
The Great Leap is a weekly newsletter. Every Wednesday, I tell stories and give tips about the transition from high school to adulthood. It’s aimed at parents with children with high functioning autism, but I hope that it will be interesting to disabled people, parents of young people with other disabilities, consultants, nice people, education-junkies, and allies. Topics will include:
Why you should not let your child graduate from children
What’s an 18-21 year program?
What life skills should you promote at home?
The bursars office, syllabus, office hours and other key terms that your student needs to know
How do you write an email to a professor?
What is the office of specialized services and what can they do for you?
Nobody prepares you for what’s waiting after high school, if you’re a parent of a special needs kid. But I’ll tell all.
More info about me:
My main newsletter is Apt. 11D. It’s a catchall eclectic newsletter that features my writing and the hot links of the week.
You can find me on twitter and instagram. My email is lmckenna11 at gmail.com.
My personal blog (which has been going since 2004) is called Apt. 11D. My work blog is here.
