Senior Lecturer at TUS Midwest- Paul Keating shares his experiences

As a Lecturer in TUS, I spend a lot of time supporting students understand, design, develop and complete their projects and assignments. Over the years I have worked a lot on mentoring and supervision of final year projects and research dissertations within social science, environmental science, technology and more recently, art and design courses. While such a significant project is challenging and rewarding for all students, it can be particularly so for students with Autism. The following reflections are based on my own experience and are directed at lectures and tutors as well as students with Autism who are on their Higher Education journey in TUS.

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