New University Program for Autistic Students
Posted by Bradley Hendershott on 10/12/2022
Making a Home for Students With Autism
New programs meet a range of academic, social, and emotional needs for people on the spectrum.
As Otto Lewis, a sophomore at Western Kentucky University, sees it, he’s actually pretty lucky.
True, he has autism, a developmental disorder that makes navigating college — and life in general — harder than it ought to be.
And yes, he failed the first time he tried college, dropping out after his mother died and he fell behind in his classes. “I crashed and burned,” Otto says, with characteristic bluntness.
But the fact that he made it to college at all sets him apart from the majority of people with autism, who enroll at rates... click here for full article.