Foreword: Special Issue on Autism and Postsecondary Education
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Abstract
W hen we opened the call for submissions of papers for this special issue, we could not have imagined the volume and quality of work that came through.Accordingly, we welcome you to the first of two Autism in Adulthood special issues focused on postsecondary education (also known as higher education).Postsecondary education is an important component on the pathway to career, 1,2 as secure, well-paid, and revered jobs often require postsecondary credentialing.However, access to, experience within, and career development beyond postsecondary education are often fraught with layers of complexity, including struggle related to pervasive ableism, nonhelpful structures, policies and practices, and limited supports.3,4 Yet we increasingly see pockets of encouraging work in the urgent quest for accessible and inclusive postsecondary education.Featuring a mix of original research, conceptual reflection, and perspectives, this special issue spans a wide range of issues facing Autistic people in postsecondary education.The issue includes an article by Margaret Janse van Rensburg and Bridget Liang that addresses current issues in postsecondary education and proposes widespread improvement.These authors note concerning ableist practices, attitudes, and structures, proposing substantial improvement to supports and accommodations, and the promotion of Autistic culture in postsecondary education.They call for collective action, with intentional attention to Autistic experience and support for students to thrive.Autistic students' transitions into higher education are often hindered by structural and interpersonal challenges, 5-7 yet such difficulties often extend beyond postsecondary education commencement.Jade Davies and Charlotte Bagnall insightfully locate transition to university as a continuing process rather than what otherwise might be construed as a discrete moment or juncture.Meanwhile, Clive Trusson and Cheryl Travers examine student work placements and related support in university.The article specifically addresses Autistic students' experience of work placements or internships and the associated supports.Results indicate the value and 125
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How this classification was reachedexpand
Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.008 | 0.026 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.004 | 0.002 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.005 | 0.004 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.006 | 0.002 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.006 | 0.002 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.011 | 0.005 |
| Open science | 0.004 | 0.003 |
| Research integrity | 0.028 | 0.024 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.040 | 0.023 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".