In 2010, the International Journal of Special Education published the study, “Academic and Cognitive Profiles of Students with Autism: Implications for Classroom Practice and Placement” which helped further understand how to improve education for students with autism. Kurth and Mastergeorge (2010) planned this “investigation [in order] to understand the academic achievement of adolescents with autism” (Kurth & Mastergeorge, 2010, p. 10). The purpose of the adaptive behaviour and intelligence scores that were collected was in order to provide descriptions of the students and are further…