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Press # Boston Globe: Lessons on Living with Autism Originally Published on the [Boston Globe](http://archive.boston.com/news/health/articles/2010/09/12/lessons_on_living_with_autism/) September 12, 2010 By Joanna Weiss   LIKE MOST college students, the kids at the College Internship Program have spent the last few weeks gearing up for classes, meeting roommates, readying for life away from home. But on this tiny campus in the Berkshires, they’ve been getting extra help.   For instance, they take courses in “executive functioning’’ — not business techniques, but the cognitive work of decision-making and self-control. In their classroom, posters offer tips for talking to acquaintances. “Smile and say ‘hello’ to initiate a dialogue. Ask them how they are to build rapport.’’   For people with high-functioning autism and Asperger’s disorder, this is hardly intuitive stuff. And if the number of autism diagnoses has risen dramatically, so too will the number of teenagers who reach this tentative place: ready to leave the cocoon, but not quite ready for the world. **[Read the article...](http://www.boston.com/news/health/articles/2010/09/12/lessons_on_living_with_autism/)** ### About College Internship Program The College Internship Program is a comprehensive transition program for young adults on the Autism Spectrum and with Learning Differences. 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