Teens with mild autism get early help to deal with stresses of college

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:

Sixteen-year-old Nick Goga isn’t anxious about going to college anymore, thanks to a summer program at Robert Morris University.

“I think I can really survive college now,” he said.

Nick, of Whitehall, a junior at Baldwin-Whitehall High School, is participating in ACCLAIM, a summer program designed for students with Asperger’s disorder and high-functioning autism. Asperger’s disorder is at the milder end of the autistic spectrum disorder and affects a person’s ability to socialize and communicate effectively…

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