Autism No Longer A Barrier To Obtaining A Degree

Universities across the state and the country are reaching out to students with autism and related disorders as their numbers grow rapidly. The schools are setting up peer mentoring programs, having one-on-one interventions and working with housing officials, campus security and professors to help them understand why some students might seem quirky, rude or out of place. University disabilities offices say more of those students are heading to college than ever after a decade or more of early intervention, parental advocacy and federally mandated mainstreaming into regular classrooms. Read more at: http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080310/NEWS05/803100317/1007/NEWS05