Accessibility specialists tailor online courses for people on the autism spectrum along one of two treatment plans: through Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) or the strengths-based approach. Practitioners of either model could point to reports that assert the superiority of their approach for educating students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Various recent journal reports, for example, suggest that strengths-based education is superior, while the Autism Science Foundation (for one) considers ABA to be today’s most effective treatment for autism. But these two models could not be more different. Here’s a look at how two different autism-supportive colleges — Bellevue College, and SUNY Empire State College — support students during online learning.
