Supported by (pesky) FACTS.
https://techbootcamps.utexas.edu/blog/resource-guide-stem-students-autism/
Image is from that, and it took it from this study:
I suggest searching for "Table 4" in the study at this link:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3620841/
"Young adults with an ASD had a higher proportion of majoring in STEM related fields (34.31%) than any other disability groups."
Table 4:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3620841/table/T4/
It's 34.31% of "disabled" students.
But also:
"… was not only higher than their peers in all 10 other disability categories, but also higher than the 22.80% of students in the general population …"
Little research has examined the popular belief that individuals with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are more likely than the general population to gravitate toward science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. This study analyzed ...
The 11 "disability categories" for this comparison were:
ASD = autism spectrum disorder
LD = learning disabilities
SLI = speech/language impairment
ID = intellectual disabilities
ED = emotional disturbances
HI = hearing impairment
VI = visual impairment
OI = orthopedic impairment
OHI = other health impairment
TBI = traumatic brain injury
MD = multiple disabilities
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