There is evidence in published literature, to which I can add my own observations, and certainly I have seen respondents here who benefitted during their university or college years.
Yet at the same time the benefits are often lost trying to cope in the world outside, whether work, social or housing.
Is there a case for research on what university type environments do or provide the environment or opportunities that help people on the spectrum?
One outcome might be techniques that could be incorporated into secondary education support, and also it could inform the world of work.
I am not aware of any such research being undertaken, though it might have fallen within the scope of the Sheffield Hallam research group, where I am not generally up to date on what's going on.
It could be simply that a lot of the restrictions and constraints of the secondary curriculum are absent, or that peer group pressure is lessened, or that there are better opportunities to develop special interests productively. It might be something universities do by accident, such as through some of the methods they try to use for disability support.
But it would seem a potentially fruitful environs in which to study how students benefit and what can be learned from this. Has anybody any ideas or strong views for or against?
