Help for soon to be college bound child

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Hope I"m posting this on the correct board. I'm looking to see if anyone has heard of these programs or can recommend another similar one. I'm looking for / College Living- Internship Programs for my high functioning Aspie daughter. I've found a couple, of which I will put the links below, but I am not familiar with these nor know of anyone who is. Any help or advice is greatly appreciated. Oh, looking for one's in the Northwest or Western US. Thanks!

As I'm a new user I am unable to post URL's so I've put partial link to the sites I"ve found.

CLE experiencecle.com

CIP cipworldwide.org/summer/
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I'm afraid I'm not familiar with them, either, but some of the consistent recommendations I've read for ASD kids going off to college:

- Register with the school's disability office before school starts. This was the only one on this list my son agreed to as it guarantees him the ability to type all exams even if they blue book exams. It also gives him priority registration for classes, which he is excited about. They've offered more services but those he is declining. His life, his choice (he is very high functioning). ASD is extremely prevalent on the modern university campus, and these offices are designed to get the students what they need. Other parents have told me there can be a lot of social support through the disability office, as well, although I don't think my son has been interested in that. You will need a relatively current report to qualify; we submitted a copy of the one we obtained to get SAT accommodations.
- If going for dorm housing, consider paying the supplement for a single room, to mitigate sensory issues.
- Have your student set up meetings with professors so your student will be comfortable asking for help or accommodation when needed.

And ... I can't remember the rest, but I know we've had the discussion.

There was a local newspaper article some 5-8 years ago about an ASD program at UC Berkeley that sounded really good. Could be worth finding out if that one is connected to a broader service or similar to one of the above.

My son is living in a dorm wing devoted to tech special interests, and that alone has put him instantly into a pretty good group of similarly minded peers. That is another way to get support, as well.

Also, remember, that once 18 your child is a legal adult, so all these decisions will, by law, have to be theirs, and not yours. My son's university pounded that into our heads at the parent orientation. It doesn't matter how special we think our kids are, under the law, when they head off to college, assuming they are 18, they are adults. I cannot access anything at the University without his express permission. Nothing.

I will come back if I can think of more.

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