UNWP seeks to improve the postsecondary academic and employment success for individuals
with a variety of mental conditions such as autism spectrum disorder, dyslexia or
Tourettes syndrome, said program director Valerie D'Astous, post doctoral research
associate of family and consumer studies. "We're encouraging students from high school
into (college) to tell them about the opportunities (that exist)," she said. (People
with autism) need the opportunities and they need the support (of this kind of program)."
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