Post Pandemic Prospects for Autistic Educational Achievement

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This may be more of a philosophical question, but it is directly about young people and college so I'm putting it here.

I sometimes like to read a forum on another site that may start with a consonant, then have a forewardslash, and then have the word "teachers" after it...I'm not going to say more than that because I'm not trying to give out advertisements to other sites from Alex's site.

There is a lot of talk on there about how there is no more middle ground. There are only high achievers and people who literally cannot read or write anymore. I have been thinking about people with executive functioning problems, who may have very high IQs and capabilities, but when put in a poor environment, may appear to be low achievers. What is happening to these people when transitioning out of high school and into college?

Could a world like this give an advantage to autistic people? Where appearing "weird" or "anxious" no longer matters to other people? Or would it hold a young person back more in an otherwise difficult situation? Is the educational drag affecting everyone, or just the more social people? There have been anecdotal articles here and there about autism DURING the pandemic. But I'm wondering what will happen after, with this specific generation.

If anyone has thoughts or personal experience, I would love to hear more.

Well jeez.

I had a last minute trip and then came back. I thought to myself a minute ago-oh, I bet by now there have been some interesting replies to my question about educational achievement.

Crickets.

I'm still wondering. My trip happened to be at a college, where I was attending a personal event. The social setting was not what I expected. It was more vibrant with social expectations than what I would have thought. I cannot speak to the educational expectations there as it was not my field.

The key issue is that there needs to be ways where students with ASDs can be able to academically achieve. Forget about the ideas of joining fraternities and also joining student government. Because those organizations in my opinion are really out of reach for let's say ASD and Neurodivergent people.

If you need to really be able to let's say excel in different classes, having a family support system is great and cruical for your success. Also having a good attitude and a sound mind is a key for individuals to be able to succeed on top of it, too.

Each type of class you are going to take will have a certain way which you need to study and absorb information. For instance, i took a class which is crossed between Sociology and the Business School. I dropped it due to the fact that I didn't necessarily have the strong foundation for it. I also decided to take a very quick class in my major and dropped that due to poor communication with the professor and also assuming that I will do good due to the professors "rate my professor" score.

I had a little bit of detours and setbacks, but I perservered and got my degree with a 3.6 GPA from Texas A&M university.

When you take certain classes, you need to adapt to each and every study method. Also avoid toxic people online and in real life too, so you can have increased success, too!