Website for Transition to College

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Okay, so to clarify, I don't have autism myself, but I'm the big sister of someone who does. As such, I've taken kind of a go-between role looking for information to not only help my sister transition to college, but also reassure my very nervous mother. It is rare that the Internet does not have all the information I'm looking for, but this is one of the cases where, while the information is there somewhat, it takes days of searching to piece it all together. It bothers me when this happens - when websites cater to parents rather than the people actually dealing with the problems, or offer resources only to those with money to pay (books, programs, etc). I have a thesis project coming up for my university soon, and I was thinking about using it to make a website to help those on the spectrum transition to college. It'll have two parts - one for parents/NTs, and one for people on the spectrum. Before I do that, though, I was wondering if you guys could help me answer a few questions.

1) Does this sort of thing already exist? People I asked to serve as mentors for my thesis jumped through hoops trying to get rid of me by directing me to other websites, but so far none of them are for people with autism. They're all just general disabilities transition to college websites, and I don't believe in the one-size-fits-all method. That said, if this already exists and I just haven't found it, I won't make it - I'll just tell other people about it.

2) Would you guys be willing to help? Or can I use information already on the forums? While I am very familiar with the college experience, I truly don't know it from your perspective and I would not presume to write as though I did. So I would be really, really grateful for anyone willing to give any advice. I will give you full credit (or no credit if that's what you want - some people prefer to stay anonymous) and you can help me with as much or as little as you want. Things like community college vs four year, roommates or none, using resources on campus, being your own advocate, how to choose a college, social life in college, should you even go to college, and so on and so forth are the sorts of issues we'd be covering.

Thanks so much for your help in advance!

OOh...

I was asking the local Autistic trust this the other day with regards to my son going to university away from home and whether I should move with him to be closer to the uni he hopes to go to so as to help him. I was told it varies from uni to uni what they do so I need to ask.

However, They are sending me information re tarnsition ( whether it includes websites I don't know) in the post so I will post again when I receive if you haven't got your answer from anyone else here.

I am in the UK though.

Well I went through the college experience before I had accepted my aspergers and I've been through ALOT. I recently graduated but if your looking for any assistance in terms of advice or opinions, Id be glad to help. As for any websites about transition to college. I dont know of any.

Here's a program for people with aspergers, adhd and other learning disorders to transition to college/adulthood. Its a fully comprehensive program. But I heard its very expensive.

http://www.cipberkeley.org/

Thanks for the help - I'll definitely be needing some. Do you all think it'd be okay to use other discussions on this forum in the website, or no? I'll give due credit, but it'd only be to a pen-name.

Thanks so much for the advice...a few of you have reached out and pointed out other websites. So I'm probably going to stick with the same general project, but made it more broad by adding in work transition advice, too. Not sure...still a work in progress. I'll be checking with the mods about using other posts, per your advice, so we'll see how that goes.