1. Autism Spectrum Disorder: Accommodating Students with ASD on Campus
Sarah Parsons, Hannah Davidson, & Lindsay Page
Autism Spectrum Disorder: Accommodating Students with ASD on Campus

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What do you know?
What do you already know about Autism Spectrum Disorder?

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PSU’s Population
Currently, Campus Accessibility Services accommodates 444 students.
Of those students, 17 students (or 4%) have a diagnosis of ASD.
For every student that identifies with our office, there are 2 more students on campus with ASD that have not disclosed their diagnosis with our office.
According to Shattuck Pediatrics (2012), about 35% of people with ASD go to college after high school, and that number is increasing.

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Living on the Spectrum: Wendy Lampen

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Strengths
Exceptional visual skills
Memories
Flashbulb Memory
Think in pictures and in motion
Strong spatial capacity
Exceptional capacity to notice patterns
Exceptional capacity to notice small deviations in patterns or sequences
Exceptional capacity to focus on a single problem for extended periods of time
Exceptional overall intelligence

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Difficulties
Language
Language-based thinking is difficult
Language-based organization is difficult
Writing is difficult
Social Communication
Difficulty understanding implied meaning in communication
Difficulty “reading” people or situations
Difficulty distinguishing between people -- Theory of Mind
Difficulty demonstrating insight about themselves

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Difficulties
Cognitive Inflexibility
Executive Functioning Disability
Difficulty staying focused in a shifting environment
Processing sensory information appropriately
Understanding the concept of time

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Teaching Strategies
Don’t talk for long periods of time, and then ask a person living with ASD to reply in a single word or sentence
Ask short questions with unambiguous answers to assess understanding
Link pictures with words. Provide meaningful pictures to accompany words and concepts that students need to remember
Provide samples of specific organizational expectations
Use visual prompts for time/date information

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Personal Strategies
Allow students not to look at you when you are speaking to them or they are speaking to you
Be as clear as you can be about the schedule for your class including assignments, time within the classroom, tests or quizzes
Give students as much warning as possible of changes to the routine
Consider your personal communication style
Communicate directly about things that are important

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Questions?