cindy marota "the students who have been able to have that early intervention when they were younger are able to adjust much easier to this big campus life." special education department chair, christine hagie, says most collegiate students on the autism spectrum have aspbergers, a highly functioning form of autism. for them the typical classroom enviroment can be challenging. christine hagie "the difficult part about class would be if there are a lot of bright lights if there is a lot of noise. i know in our building we hear drilling it seems like all the time and i think someone with aspergers would have a hard time." college can be daunting for the 50 registered s-j-s-u students with autism, but the disability resource center is there to help. cindy marota "the drc has our own center for accessible technology where the students can go and work privately and feel secure and comfortable there." the center for disease control says one in 88 children have autism. synapdx thinks the new blood test could prove to be a cheap and easy solution to get children the services they need. for u