University Students with Autism: The Social and Academic Experiences of University in the UK

Autistic students reported the social parts of university as the hard parts, and plenty of academic strengths.

Gurbuz, E., Hanley, M. & Riby, D. M. (2019). University Students with Autism: The Social and Academic Experiences of University in the UK. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 49(2), 617–631.

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Journal article

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doi.org/10.1007/s10803-018-3741-4

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Against the abstract, 15 September 2026

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Compared with 158 non-autistic students, 26 autistic students reported more challenges with the social side of university, more mental-health difficulty and more thoughts of withdrawing, alongside academic strengths. Week 8 asks what demands the email, office door and group chat add around the academic work. Reporting academic strengths does not establish that the work itself presents no difficulties.