• Making friends can be a significant challenge for all college students, but is often especially difficult for residents on the autism spectrum.

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• Residents with autism may be perceived as odd if they struggle to pick up cues and interact appropriately in different social situations. For example, a resident with ASD may not make eye contact, make too much eye contact, or stand too close when talking to someone. This may be off-putting to other people and interfere with the resident with ASD's ability to make friendships (Wolf, Brown, & Bork, 2009).

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• Residents with ASD can also be susceptible to being picked on, sometimes without realizing that they are being picked on, or taken advantage of (Wolf et al., 2009).