"4) Encourage the distribution of written materials to accompany spoken lectures. I have enough audio processing trouble that I was often lost save for the out-of-context bullet points on my teachers' slides, or if it was a small class so I could ask for things repeated, I wasted everyone's time asking for repetitions of sentences that I would have been happy to just read on a handout."
I emphatically emphasize this
Smith College is considering trying to make itself more attractive to smart students on the autism spectrum. I would be grateful for suggestions on how to do this from autistics who read LessWrong. You can write comments here or if you wish to remain anonymous send them to me at Jdmiller@Smith.edu