https://asdascend.com Empowering students with autism for college and career Mon, 15 Nov 2021 20:53:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://asdascend.com/how-do-scholarship-winners-cope-with-autism-and-college/#comment-1211 Fri, 25 Jun 2021 17:35:21 +0000 https://asdascend.com/?p=3258#comment-1211 I was diagnosed with autism at age 11.

]]> https://asdascend.com/how-do-scholarship-winners-cope-with-autism-and-college/#comment-1198 Fri, 14 May 2021 15:37:00 +0000 https://asdascend.com/?p=3258#comment-1198 Congratulations, Clarence!

]]> https://asdascend.com/do-college-autism-programs-help-students-succeed/#comment-1181 Tue, 13 Apr 2021 16:27:21 +0000 https://asdascend.com/?p=3201#comment-1181 My experience with Autism was a journey. It started when I got diagnosed at three years old. I didn’t know at the time what my condition was when I was at that age, I would have meltdowns and break downs, and I would not know why I was doing them so much. My parents had to fight to do everything to give me the help I needed such as therapy and medications. I remembered one time I was at an elementary school and they would not do anything to control me so they switched me back to my old school. When I was there, I realized day by day I was improving the behaviors when they would programs for kids with autism. I mostly had trouble making friends, I would get bullied a little bit in Middle school and high school. I would try to do everything the other kids are doing, but the results I expected did not show up, sometimes they got me in trouble. Every time I would try being like others it would fail and I have more trouble making friends, to the end of my sophomore year of high school I kinda got depressed and my anxiety increased too to the point I would blame it for my disability. One day I was in college I heard that Disability Support Services was having a program for students with autism to meet up and share their lives with autism, how to make friends, and how to manage stress and anxiety. When I attended this program it helped me open my eyes. I was learning how to manage my anxiety better, I was learning the proper way to make friends. When the pandemic hit and the classes were going to be virtual I thought I was not going to attend the meet-ups anymore. I learned that they would have the virtual, so I continued to attend the spectrum support group meetups, and little did I know that my anxiety and my self-esteem were improving. It taught me even though I am stuck at home during a pandemic I should never be afraid to reach out to the resources and all my peers. I would like to thank the ASD adult achievement center for teaching me the proper way to handle disagreements whether it is at a job, at the school, or at home. I would also like to thank Luz Santiago the head of DSS at my college. I want to thank the new friends at college, Audrey and Ashley, who taught me to always be myself no matter where I go. Now I am starting to feel better about myself, and not hesitate to take initiative. I would like to end this off by saying even if you are in a tough time, always keep your chin up, and always go one step at a time. If you are a kid with autism or not do not be afraid to reach out to anyone because they want you to succeed and they will guide you along the way. Without these people, I would have not been where I would have been today. Thank you

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