Literacy Enhancement for High Functioning Students with Autism / Special Needs Audience: General Education/Special Education Teachers, Language and Autism Specialists. High functioning students with autism are able to read accurately as their typically developing peers yet they have significant trouble in comprehension/expressive communication. Participants:1. Identify key cognitive deficits that effect comprehension/expressive communication. 2. Learn key research based instructional systems to improve comprehension and expressive communication.