Is University Worth it?

With all these articles about things going wrong it can seem that university is something to stay well away from.

University can be an amazing place to learn and to work and there are universities which, when a major issues happens, are ready to work through it properly but there are universities which are unable to work through issues because they are all asking the big question; “does this affect our duty of care?”

All universities have a duty of care for staff and students and if they feel that a student is a danger to themselves (like suicide and self-harm) or others then they can refuse the student access to a course or even tell them to leave the course.

With autism, especially those of us who are older, we have been diagnosed only after a serious issue such as self-harming or aggressive behaviour but you can still go to university.

Really make sure that the university knows how to work with people who have autism by talking to them at the open days. Keep your disability worker up to date with what is going on and make sure you have someone to go to when things go wrong.

So is university worth it?

The answer is the same for every person autism or not; if you like the course, want or need to study, and feel ready to move to a new school then yes! University is only a problem if people aren’t paying attention and understanding what autism is which is rare so don’t let that change your mind about what you want to do.