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started. Welcome Del Zimmerman to the Autism, ADHD podcast.

You presented over 1,600 educators, counselors, parents, and families on topics such as classroom accommodations for autistic students.

You even shook hands with Carol Gray. You just graduated with a degree in chemical engineering from the

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and you're going to be attending the University of Wisconsin,

Madison this fall for your PhD in chemical engineering. In your free time, you enjoy perusing

online menus, and you do not enjoy being compared to Spock as your ears are not that pointy.

I love that so much.

And congratulations for your going for your PhD.

That's wonderful.

Thank you.

So we've got a lot of questions, especially from the Autism, ADHD, Facebook group for parents,

about transitioning between high school to college.

And this is, you know, a lot of parents have questions about this and concerns,

and they want their child to have what they need and to feel successful and all of the things.

And so we have some questions. Are you ready?

Yes, I am.

Perfect. Okay. What services can my child receive from the school's disability services?

So the services available are going to vary a bit between schools.

There are a handful of services that are required by federal law.

In this case, it's mostly testing accommodations, so testing testing the distraction, reduced environment, extended time on testing,

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