true diversity cannot exist without neurodiversity.
What box are we talking about?
According to the Center for Disease Control, 1 in every 59 people in the United States is diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder.
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It is reported by Statista.com that there are 21.13 million people between the ages of 15 and 19 in the United States.
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Doing the math, there are 358,136 college aged students on the autism spectrum.
We have a social responsibility to provide the opportunity for a quality post-secondary education at institutions of their choice to all 358,136 of these students should they choose to pursue it and qualify academically.
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Qualifying academically, however, has become very difficult for these students as the selectivity of top institutions has increased. They should be able to check a box on the common app to identify with a new admissions diversity category - neurodiversity.
