Anyone have a DC who has applied for Disabled Student Allowance for Uni?

[bigbluebus]

DS has HF ASD/Aspergers. He has had 25 hrs 1:1 support all through school, although since he has been in 6th form, this support has been used at a distance (at DSs choice) with some 1:1 mentoring sessions thrown in outside of lessons.
DS has always tried to shake off his support as he wants to be like everyone else.
He has applied for and been given conditional offers for Uni which will involve moving away from home (no local Unis here). He has also applied for DSA and received confirmation that he is eligible, but the next step is he needs to go for an interview/assessment. DS is not very good at saying what he needs/what his issues are (he doesn't really think he has any) and I am worried that he will go along to this interview and say he doesn't need anything. He has already said he doesn't need any special equipment - I am assuming he will need a lap top but this is no different to any other student and although his hand writing is appalling, he has managed at school without a laptop or a scribe. Where he really struggles is with organisation. His notes are very disorganised (he has never used them to revise - he uses text books/revision guides and past papers) but when told by college that he needs to get his files in order her just says "I like them that way". I don't think he will get away with such shoddy notes/files at Uni and the course he wants to do is quite intensive.

Also, he has never lived away from home before and although he can perform basic housekeeping tasks, I worry that the stress of having to care for himself alongside the heavy workload of the course will leave him struggling to manage his time.

What I want to do, is help DS put together a list of things he might need help with at Uni so that when he goes for the I/V he will be clear about what he needs, but as he has not been to Uni (nor have I) I'm unsure of exactly what the sructure will be and what sort of help he will need. Or will the interviewer/assessor be trained to identify areas where he will need help and proactively offer that up rather than DLA/PIP interviews where they are actively trying to stop you getting anything.

Any help/advice from anyone whose DC has been through this process (or who works in this area) will be greatly appreciated .

[sashh]

rough a couple of these assessments.

They will ask him about various things and may recommend software for essay planning and maybe 1-1 with organisation or have some workshops on organising things.

The person doing the assessment is independent, they are interesting in your son getting the right support, mine were not even at the uni I was attending.

[sashh]

I've been through, not rough