Autistic College Students Who Succeed at Competitive Colleges and Universities; What's the Secret?

Many autistic people are twice exceptional learners (2eASD).  This means they have an area of unique talent or intellectual strength along with an identifiable disability.The rates of high school failure are elevated for this population, but some are able to not only attend, but to succeed at highly competitive colleges and universities.  What is the secret to their success?  It probably won't come as a surprise that a lot of it depends on nurturing the special interest or interests that a large majority of 2eASD individuals have.  Supports that are provided when the concentration is on an interest area help both the student and the adults in their life to be working in a more positive environment where the student is intrinsically motivated.This extends to non-preferred classes and activities as the student knows the less interesting academic areas are needed to help meet their goal, college success.Here is a link to the article used for this episode:https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12189878/Thanks to  soundimage.org for the free access to the AI generated music used in this podcast (https://soundimage.org/)