Often, his doodling features the 9-year-old character, Viper Girl, who battles monsters with her pet fox Logan. Saylor, 22, has even self-published three books of their adventures.
Saylor’s professors didn’t exactly welcome his constant drawing, but once he explained it was the only way he could hope to process their lectures and even to stay awake, most let him continue.
For college students with autism and other learning disabilities, this is the kind of balancing act that takes place every day, accommodating a disability while also pushing beyond it toward normalcy and a degree, which is increasingly essential for finding a meaningful career.
