Characteristics of Two-Year College Students on the Autism Spectrum and Their Support Services Experiences
Table 2
Postsecondary education supports and services experiences of youth on the autism spectrum. Percentage (95% confidence interval), test for difference versus the 2-year college column.
2-year college
4-year college
Vocational/technical school
Attendance and coursework at postsecondary institution
Continuity of attendance
Enrolled continuously
80.4 (67.8, 93.0)
93.6 (83.2, 100)
78.1 (66.8, 89.5)
Full- or part-time student as of most recent term
Full time (12 hours’ credit)
50.4 (36.5, 64.3)
86.2 (77.7, 94.7)
78.4 (60.4, 96.3)
Universally available student supports
Ever accessed help with school work available to all students at the postsecondary institution
43.2 (30.2, 56.2)
41.8 (35.0, 48.5)
20.3 (15.4, 25.3)
Received services or help on his/her own outside of school
17.6 (8.3, 26.9)
22.9 (7.5, 38.3)
17.5 (8.3, 26.6)
Disability-related services
Young adult considers self to have a disability
70.2 (58.2, 82.1)
63.6 (39.9, 87.4)
80.6 (70.4, 90.0)
School was aware of disability either before or after enrollment
69.1 (57.9, 80.2)
62.7 (55.0, 70.4)
99.0 (96.6, 100)
Received any services, accommodations, or other help
48.6 (34.1, 63.1)
30.0 (18.5, 41.5)
65.5 (48.8, 82.3)
Type of accommodations or services received
Human aides
62.5 (51.4, 73.7)
70.4 (39.3, 100)
44.9 (19.0, 70.9)
Testing accommodations
56.4 (40.9, 71.8)
84.2 (75.4, 92.9)
44.6 (16.2, 73.0)
Physical adaptation
34.3 (14.1, 54.4)
49.9 (25.5, 74.3)
13.1 (10.0, 16.1)
Out-of-classroom learning supports
19.8 (0, 41.3)
25.0 (19.6, 30.3)
19.5 (14.9, 24.1)
Materials/technology adaptations
16.0 (6.6, 25.4)
58.7 (24.3, 93.1)
—
Accommodations in assignments
14.4 (6.1, 22.6)
14.7 (2.1, 27.4)
27.2 (20.7, 33.6)
All supports and services
Received enough help, services, or accommodations in and out of school
87.3 (78.5, 96.1)
91.2 (82.4, 100)
93.3 (—, —)
Help, services, and accommodations received in and out of school were somewhat or very useful
68.0 (52.8, 83.3)
55.5 (28.1, 82.8)
—
Note: source: National Longitudinal Transition Study-2, Wave 5. Weighted to population levels. Variances adjusted for sampling method. Cell sizes that are too small to report are denoted (—). Logistic regression analysis used 2-year college as the referent group; 5, , and .
