This week I attended a transition meeting for one of my students. He, more than any other of my class represents the complex problems Autism can present to all concerned.
He is a very clever young man, brilliant at using media software and creating games and other stuff I have never even heard of. He has had no formal qualifications and desperately wants to start a Media course in college. I have no doubt, he would run rings around the other students but to succeed, he would need to have 1:1 support. He does not listen to instructions or follow any set format in his work, with erratic outcomes (sometimes brilliant, sometimes truly poor and unworkable). During 'Free-time', he displays very inappropriate behaviour towards other students and the general public.
1:1 support by a person who knows him well will enable him to keep on tack to achieve but where would he go from there?
Does anybody know of a way he then could work from home?
Would love to hear!!!
Interesting, I cannot imagine what to do.
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