Duksung Women's University, 33, Samyang-ro 144-gil, Dobong-gu, Seoul, 01369, Republic of Korea.
Lynch School of Education, Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Ave, Chestnut Hill, MA, 02467, USA.
Res Dev Disabil. 2021 Jun;113:103956. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2021.103956. Epub 2021 Apr 10.
Autistic undergraduate students are experiencing considerable difficulties on their college campuses. Yet, disability support offices (DSOs), which assume the responsibility of providing support to students with disabilities, often lack the resources to cater to the varied needs of autistic students.
To understand autistic students' perspectives and experiences with DSOs and the range of support services available from DSOs of higher education institutions in the United States.
Semi-structured interviews with 27 autistic undergraduate students were conducted to solicit their perceptions about their DSOs. A generic inductive approach was used to qualitatively analyze the participants' responses.
Students expressed both positive and negative experiences with academic and non-academic support, and perceived that DSO staff lacked specific autism knowledge and were often inaccessible. Some students initially decided not to receive DSO accommodations, but many chose to reach out to their DSOs after experiencing academic difficulties. Finally, students' perceptions of ways for DSOs to support them better highlighted the need for institution-wide efforts to make a cultural shift about disability and acceptance and the need for more individualized services.
Appropriate resources for DSOs and institution-wide efforts are needed to make college campuses both physically and emotionally accessible to autistic students.
自闭症本科生在大学校园里正经历着相当大的困难。然而，残疾学生服务办公室（DSO）承担着为残疾学生提供支持的责任，但往往缺乏资源来满足自闭症学生的各种需求。
了解自闭症学生对 DSO 的看法和体验，以及美国高等教育机构的 DSO 提供的一系列支持服务。
对 27 名自闭症本科生进行了半结构化访谈，以征求他们对 DSO 的看法。采用通用归纳方法对参与者的回答进行定性分析。
学生们对学术和非学术支持都有积极和消极的体验，并认为 DSO 工作人员缺乏特定的自闭症知识，而且往往难以接触。一些学生最初决定不接受 DSO 的住宿安排，但许多人在经历学术困难后选择向 DSO 寻求帮助。最后，学生们对 DSO 支持他们的方式的看法强调了需要在机构范围内努力改变对残疾和接受的文化观念，以及需要更多个性化的服务。
需要为 DSO 提供适当的资源，并在机构范围内做出努力，使大学校园在身体和情感上都能为自闭症学生所接受。
