Prepare entry guide: supporting students with autism transition to higher education – an evaluation

Brennan, Rebekah; Leane, Máire; Horgan, Aoife; McGovern, Sheila; O'Donovan, Julie

Prepare entry guide: supporting students with autism transition to higher education – an evaluation

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Date

2025

Authors

Brennan, Rebekah

Leane, Máire

Horgan, Aoife

McGovern, Sheila

O'Donovan, Julie

Publisher

SOAR Project, Access UCC, University College Cork

Abstract

The Transitions Programme at MTU Cork Campus, housed in the Disability Support Service within Access, was launched at the beginning of the 2019/20 academic year, initially as a three-year project. The goal of the Transitions Programme is to link with, understand and support students with autism in their first year of higher education. The idea for the Prepare Entry Guide emerged when Aspect Autism Service, a service providing specialist supports and interventions to adults with autism in Cork, highlighted that students with autism were asking for detailed information on where to eat on the MTU campuses. Producing information on this specific topic created an opportunity to develop a more extensive resource guide providing student-informed information on other topics that may be of benefit to students with autism in terms of transitioning to higher education.

Keywords

Autism transition , Autism service , Transitioning to higher education

Citation

Brennan, R., Leane, M., Horgan, A., McGovern, S. and O'Donovan, J. (2025) Prepare entry guide: supporting students with autism transition to higher education – an evaluation. Cork: SOAR Project, Access UCC, University College Cork.