Table 1.
Demographic information and design features of studies investigating skill strengths and weaknesses in ASD college students.
| Paper | Skills | Participant Group | Diagnosis Method* | Study Design | N | % male | Age Range (yrs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Accardo et al., 2019a | Academic & Social | ASD college students | Community | Surveys | 48 | 86 | nr |
| Interviews | nr | nr | nr | ||||
| Accardo et al., 2019b | Academic | ASD college students | Community | Surveys | 23 | 87 | 18–25 |
| Interviews | 3 | nr | nr | ||||
| Alverson, et al. 2015 | Social & Daily Living | ASD college students | Community | Interviews | 5 | 100 | 19–22 |
| Parents | Interviews | nr | nr | nr | |||
| Service Providers | Interviews | nr | nr | nr | |||
| Anderson & Butt, 2017 | Social | ASD young adults | Community | Interviews | 7 | 78 | nr |
| Parents | Interviews | 18 | nr | nr | |||
| Anderson et al., 2020a | Academic & Daily Living | ASD college students | Community | Surveys | 102 | 41 | 18–25+ |
| Anderson et al., 2020b | Academic & Social | ASD college students | Community | Interviews | 11 | 18 | 18–70+ |
| Significant people to student | Interviews | 6 | nr | Nr | |||
| Anderson et al., 2018 | Academic & Daily Living & Social | ASD college students | Community | Surveys | 48 | 48 | 17–24+ |
| Bailey et al., 2020 | Social | ASD college students | Community; Confirmed with AQ | Surveys | 42 | 28 | nr |
| Interviews | 20 | 14 | nr | ||||
| Beardon, et al. 2009 | Social | ASD college students | Community; 21 Self-diagnosed | Surveys | 135 | nr | nr |
| Bolourian, et al., 2018 | Social | ASD college students | Community | Interviews | 13 | 62 | 17–27 |
| ADHD college students | Community | Interviews | 18 | 28 | 18–39 | ||
| Brown et al., 2017 | Social | ASD college students | Community | Surveys | 158 | 59 | nr |
| Other disability college students | Surveys | 7,018 | nr | nr | |||
| Non-disabled, TD college students | Surveys | 27,703 | nr | nr | |||
| Cage et al., 2020a | Academic & Social | ASD college students | Community | Surveys | 230 | 31 | nr |
| Cage & Howes, 2020b | Social & Daily Living | ASD college drop-outs | Community | Interviews | 14 | 50 | 21–54 |
| Cai & Richdale, 2016 | Social & Daily Living | ASD college students | Community; Confirmed with AQ & SCQ | Focus Groups | 23 | 70 | 17–59 |
| Family members | Focus Groups | 15 | nr | nr | |||
| Casement et al., 2017 | Academic & Social | ASD college students | Community | Interviews | 9 | 89 | nr |
| Colclough, 2018 | Social | ASD college students | Community | Interviews | 5 | 80 | 19–36 |
| Cox et al., 2017 | Social | ASD college students | Community | Interviews | 9 | 78 | 18–50+ |
| Cullen, 2015 | Social & Daily Living | ASD college students | Community | Surveys Interviews & Focus Groups | 24 | 58 | 18–29 |
| Drake, 2014 | Social | ASD college students | Community | Interviews | 5 | 20 | nr |
| Dymond et al., 2017 | Social & Daily Living | Parents | Interviews | nr | nr | nr | |
| University Personnel | Interviews | nr | nr | nr | |||
| Elias & White, 2018 | Daily Living | Parents (ASD) | Surveys | 52 | 77 | 16–25 | |
| Parents (ADHD) | Surveys | 47 | 68 | 16–25 | |||
| Frost et al., 2019 | Social | ASD college students | Community | Interviews | 20 | 70 | 18–48 |
| Gelbar, et al., 2015 | Academic & Social & Daily Living | ASD college students | Community | Surveys | 35 | 49 | 18–33 |
| Gurbuz et al., 2019 | Academic & Social | ASD college students | Community | Surveys | 26 | 53 | nr |
| Non-ASD college students | Surveys | 158 | 33 | nr | |||
| Harn et al., 2020 | Academic & Social | ASD college students | Community | Interviews | 7 | 86 | 19–24 |
| Jackson et al., 2018 | Academic & Social | ASD individuals | Community; Confirmed with AQ-10 | Surveys | 56 | 46 | 18–57 |
| Jansen et al., 2017 | Academic | ASD college students | Community | Surveys | 43 | 63 | nr |
| Non-ASD college students | Surveys | 43 | 63 | nr | |||
| Student counselors | Surveys | 30 | 17 | nr | |||
| Knott & Taylor, 2014 | Social & Daily Living | ASD college students | Community | Focus Groups | 4 | 100 | nr |
| College Staff | Focus Groups | 9 | nr | nr | |||
| Lambe et al., 2019 | Social | ASD students | Community; Confirmed with DSM5 criteria, parent report and RAADS-R | Focus Groups | 25 | 80 | 16–21 |
| LeGary, 2017 | Social & Daily Living | ASD students | Community | Surveys & Interviews | 10 | 90 | nr |
| Lei et al., 2020a | Social | ASD college students | Community; Confirmed with AQ-28 | Surveys | 28 | 50 | 18–19 |
| Non-ASD college students | Surveys | 28 | 54 | 18–19 | |||
| Lei et al., 2020b | Social | ASD college students | Community | Surveys | 21 | 52 | 18–19 |
| Non-ASD college students | Surveys | 182 | 20 | 17–19 | |||
| Lizotte, 2018 | Social | ASD college students | Community | Interviews | 6 | 83 | 26–37 |
| Madriaga, 2010 | Social | ASD college students | Community | Interviews | 8 | 63 | 18–30 |
| McLeod et al., 2020 | Daily Living | ASD college students | Community | Surveys | 89 | 62.92 | nr |
| Non-ASD college students | Surveys | 2627 | 35.60 | nr | |||
| McLeod et al., 2019 | Social & Daily Living | ASD college students | Community | Surveys | 95 | 61 | nr |
| Non-ASD, disabled | Surveys | 804 | 29 | nr | |||
| Non-disabled, TD | Surveys | 2174 | 36 | nr | |||
| Mitchell & Beresford, 2014 | Social | ASD students | Community | Interviews | 18 | 78 | 15–25 |
| Peña & Kocur, 2013 | Social & Daily Living | Parents | Interviews | 18 | nr | nr | |
| Richardson, 2017 | Academic | ASD college students | Community | Surveys | 209 | 73 | nr |
| ASD + other disabilities | 343 | 59 | nr | ||||
| TD college students | 154,837 | 41 | nr | ||||
| Sturm & Kasari, 2019 | Academic & Social | ASD college students | Community | Surveys | 1258 | 70 | nr |
| ASD + ADHD | Community | Surveys | 486 | 72 | nr | ||
| ASD + LD | Community | Surveys | 267 | 65 | nr | ||
| ASD + ADHD + LD | Community | Surveys | 200 | 67 | nr | ||
| ADHD college students | Community | Surveys | 1024 | 70 | nr | ||
| TD college students | Surveys | 1037 | 70 | nr | |||
| Tops et al., 2017 | Academic | ASD college students | Community | Study 1. Surveys | 26 | 77 | 18–22 |
| Study 2. Thinking aloud protocol | 12 | 92 | 18.3–22.8 | ||||
| Non-ASD college students | Study 1. Surveys | 53 | 40 | 17.9–21.1 | |||
| Study 2. Thinking aloud protocol | 12 | 67 | 17.9–23.5 | ||||
| Van Hees et al., 2018 | Daily Living | ASD individuals | Community | Interviews | 34 | 74 | nr |
| Parents | Interviews | 60 | 43 | nr | |||
| Van Hees, et al., 2015 | Social & Daily Living | ASD college students | Community; Confirmed with DSM-4-TR | Interviews | 23 | 74 | 18–25 |
| Vincent et al., 2017 | Social | ASD college students | Community | Written responses | 7 | nr | nr |
| Ward & Webster, 2018 | Academic & Social & Daily Living | ASD college students | Community; Confirmed with AQ | Interviews | 4 | 50 | 20–35 |
| Significant people to student | Interviews | 3 | nr | nr | |||
| White et al., 2016a | Social & Daily Living | ASD college students | Community | Surveys & Focus Groups | 10 | 70 | nr |
| Parents | Survey (parent report) | 32 | nr | nr | |||
| School personnel | Surveys & Focus Groups | 40 | nr | nr | |||
| Wiorkowski, 2015 | Social | ASD college students | Community | Interviews | 12 | 58 | 23–56 |
| Zeedyk et al., 2019 | Social | ASD college students | Community | Interviews | 13 | 62 | 17–27 |
| College faculty | Interviews | 18 | 67 | 30–70 | |||
| Surveys (teacher-report) | 132 | 50 | nr | ||||
| Zukerman et al., 2019 | Daily Living | ASD college students | Community; Confirmed with AQ | Surveys | 55 | 93 | 18–34 |
| Non-ASD college students | Surveys | 40 | 83 | 20–36 | |||
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Some surveys gave participants choices for age range, with upper age ranges indicating over a certain age without specifics (i.e. 50 and over)
ASD: Autism Spectrum Disorder
ADHD: Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
LD: Learning Disability
TD: Typically Developing
DSM: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
AQ: Autism Spectrum Quotient
SCQ: Social Communication Questionnaire
ADOS: Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule
RAADS-R: Ritvo Autism/Asperger Diagnostic Scale Revised
nr: not reported