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How well are children with autism spectrum disorder doing academically at school? An overview of the literature
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academic achievement individuals autism spectrum disorder received little attention researchers despite importance placed schools families students autism spectrum disorder investigating factors lead increased academic achievement thus would appear important review literature conducted identify factors related academic achievement children adolescents autism spectrum disorder total 19 studies identified met inclusion criteria review results indicated many individuals demonstrate specific areas strength weakness great deal variability general academic achievement across autism spectrum adolescents individuals lower iq scores underrepresented studies focused environmental factors related academic success importance individualised assessments profile relative strengths weaknesses children adolescents aid educational programming highlighted research childrelated environmental factors predict academic achievement needed