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Successful Autistic College Students: What is the Secret?

From Special Education in Five Minutes · Hosted by David Poeschl

2026-06-18·334

Episode summary

In this episode of Special Education in Five Minutes: 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.

Original publisher description

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…