franks24
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Post by franks24 on Oct 22, 2014 20:25:52 GMT
Hi everyone! I started at university this september after a long educational 'journey' involving no support or acknowledgement of my needs. After years of trying to access help I am finally being refered for ADHD (not that I'm really sure what this means lol). I would be really greatful if anyone could explain what the diagnosis process entails and could offer any advice in how to study successfully with ADHD. I'm currently very over whelmed and struggling massively with trying to keep up with the social side of uni. Being older (but living in halls) and constantly having to explain my reasons for starting at an older age is draining, especially when the answer i get from a lot of people is something along the lines of: 'Oh but you don't have REAL ADHD, you're not running around everywhere' etc. Any advice would be really greatfully recieved, thank you Frankie x
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Post by JJ on Oct 23, 2014 10:55:34 GMT
Hi franks24 There's loads of stuff on here about the diagnostic process - have a look around and you'll find the answers to most of your questions about that. As far as studying tips are concerned, are you getting any extra support from your university? Do they know your difficulties? This thread here has a link to guidelines that make it easier for students with adhd to get help from their university before they've been formally diagnosed. There's also a whole section on this forum on studying - there might be useful advice there.
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Post by Wavey75 on Oct 23, 2014 13:31:13 GMT
I've been studying with the open university for the last 7 years, part time.
They paid for a dyslexia assessment, which was very thorough (2 1/2 hours) but in the end they would only grant me learning support once I had a diagnosis, self diagnosis is not supported at all by the DSA part of higher education, that's mainly funded by government, hence the insistence on formal proof of any medical conditions, etc.
I'm assuming this is the case for every UK university, but the support will differ between what I got and what a student living on site would get. I got lucky with a friend who works at a local-ish university who gave me access to empty classrooms to work in, no distractions, etc. I got more done in this days than I did over a week at home.
An iPad or any tablet for me was essential, as much of my subject material is electronic as a off or recent Nelly now in ePub format, which is useful if you struggle reading like me, you can change the font size, background colours, font colours, etc.
Some of my materials were printed books, which the university provided me with spiral bound versions, so I could fold the book in half flat, which also allowed for the printed font to be larger for me as well.
I have lots of reading materials on ADHD, Ebola and PDFs, they're mostly about coping with ADHD, but they always have a large section on diagnosis, email me and I'll reply with what I've got.
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