Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 253 Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall, Madison, WI, 53706, USA.
College Autism Network, Nashville, USA.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2022 Feb;52(2):863-870. doi: 10.1007/s10803-021-04958-1. Epub 2021 Mar 26.
Many postsecondary institutions have begun their own Autism-Specific College Support Programs (ASPs) to integrate the emergence of autistic students into college and offer supports aiding their success (Longtin in J Postsecond Educ Disabil 27(1):63-72, 2014), yet little is known about these programs. We conducted an exhaustive, year-long search of all postsecondary institutions in the United States to identify all ASPs. Although we identified a total of 74 programs located in 29 states, our analyses suggest these are unavailable to students in large portions of the country. When they are available, these programs appear to be disproportionately located at 4-year institutions, public institutions, and in the Mid-East. Our study highlights inequities based on institutional type and geography, as well as offers a complete public list of ASPs.
许多高等教育机构已经开始了自己的自闭症学生特定大学支持项目（ASPs），以整合自闭症学生进入大学，并提供支持帮助他们取得成功（Longtin 在 J Postsecond Educ Disabil 27(1):63-72, 2014），但人们对这些项目知之甚少。我们进行了一项详尽的、为期一年的全美所有高等教育机构搜索，以确定所有的 ASP 项目。尽管我们确定了总共 74 个项目分布在 29 个州，但我们的分析表明，这些项目在该国大部分地区的学生无法获得。当它们可用时，这些项目似乎不成比例地分布在四年制大学、公立大学和中东地区。我们的研究强调了基于机构类型和地理位置的不平等现象，并提供了一个完整的 ASP 公共列表。
