RE Accommodations: The College is structured in the most accommodating way that I can imagine - very small discussion based classes, writing labs and tutors are available at no charge (but she has to ask for the help, and there is still the anxiety). I really wouldn't know what else to ask for. I am hopeful that she might have less anxiety about asking for and accepting help now that she has gotten to know her tutors (teachers) and fellow students over the last semester (they will all be the same for next semester). They showed her mercy in accepting her short papers and she had one teacher email to compliment the quality of writing in what she did turn in, so she seems to be gaining some confidence -YAY.
I can't really speak to the doctor issues here, but as a college professor I wanted to comment on the accommodations issue. Most universities have a Disability Resource Center (might be called something different). These units work with the students and write up an accommodations letter based on their diagnoses that the student can present to their professors at the beginning of the semester. The letter does NOT reveal the diagnoses, it only specifies the accommodations. The professors are required to provide these accommodations, therefore you do not have to worry from semester to semester whether her professors will be kind and show mercy. In addition, it means that she does not have to discuss the situation with each teacher. She just gives them the letter and they provide the specified accommodations. She does not have to explain why and the instructors are not allowed to ask. For example this past semester I had a student with an accommodations letter that allowed for missed classes and extra time for exams and papers. He only came to class a handful of times (he was actually quite ill) but I could not take that into account when grading (of course, I would not have anyways, but the point is that even if the instructor wanted to they couldn't).
I highly recommend that your daughter seek assistance from the unit at her university. They may not all run the same way, but most if not all American Universities have something along these lines (it may be required by the ADA, I'm not sure). Anyways, the ADHD alone would qualify her for some accommodations plus it definitely sounds like something else is going on with the writing. She might be able to get more time for assignments or be allowed to turn in shorter assignments. I think that having these accommodations set up may reduce her anxiety because she knows that they are guaranteed and that she doesn't have to spill her life story to every professor she takes a class from.
