Colorado State is one of a handful of schools that have adopted programs to help ease autistic students' transitions in and out of college. For Heim, that means meeting with his peer mentor, Jayne Mohar, to practice the very social interactions that can be so challenging for someone with autism — things like working in groups.
"With Asperger's, it's harder to negotiate the terms of what each person will do and what each person is expected to do," Heim says.
Read Grace Hood's NPR article HERE.
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