hey TG
jw, are you gonna be away at school or living at home? and part time or full time?
i made all plans for college, but so far havent made it there, BUT going thru the process theres some stuff out there to help you. find your school disability center or services and talk to someone about it and get information. YES crohns is enough to get you priveledges at SCHOOL. i have no clue about the work/legal end of things...but under the schools policy, crohns is considered a disability.
you can get things like testing in a private area so you have a bathroom accesible, you can specify what housing would help you (if youll be on campus). i applied and recieved a single room, which i seriously needed due to sleeping at odd hours, NEEDing rest, having drugs laying around, privacy issues, etc. they can even work to get you a room near the bathroom!
you have to give them "documentation" stuff, stuff from your doc that supports your wishes for what your asking for, saying that you DO need a room by yourself, you DO need private testing, etc.
he just needs to verify that your not making stuff up.
the school should provide all these forms to give to your doc, so really the easiest thing is to go and talk to someone. since my school was hours awawy, my parents and i went up mid-summer last year and got all the meetings and stuff done then, so that you dont have to worry about it the first week you know? you shouldnt have to be running around sending papers to your dr that week lol.
ALSO. as far as insurance stuff, be careful about the cutoff from your parents insurance. my dads company cuts the kids off at age 19, UNLESS they are a full time student. so, basically, you have to either be a full time student, or have a full time job to get your own insurance. or pay for cobra or something i guess.
maybe youve already dealt with all this cause youre already 20 but just in case lol.
