On April 25, 2016, the Organization for Promotion of Higher Education and Student Support (ORPHESS) of Gifu University invited Professor Hidekatsu Kiya in charge of the Student Special Support Room, the Faculty of Education, Yamaguchi University to the Faculty Development (FD) and Student Development (SD) Workshop held at Gifu University. As a guest speaker, Professor Kiya gave a speech titled, "Support Initiatives for University Students with High Functional Autism Spectrum Disorder (HFASD) in their Job Searching."

A total of 63 people attended the workshop including teaching and administrative staff, students and citizens. In the workshop, the participants were able to obtain the general idea about HFASD through Professor Kiya's speech.

After an opening speech by Professor Satoshi Ema, Director-General of ORPHESS (also serves as Executive Director for Academic and Affiliated School Affairs), Professor Kiya took the floor and started to deliver a speech. In the speech, he underscored the importance of supporting the HFASD students and introduced some specific characters of the HFASD students. He also referred to the differences among the HFASD students who had received special support and those who had not from their infancy, and advocated the necessity of assistance by the people around such students in their self-affirming. Professor Kiya continued to speak about the initiatives of Yamaguchi University, its supporting system and the program he organized and implemented at the University training camp. While watching the photos of the students, the participants saw solid growth of individuals after they received training for maximizing their potentials.

Another point he mentioned was poor physical and mental health of HFASD students. He said "Many HFASD students are not good at communicating with others, and have a lot of difficulties in classes and their daily life. Because fewer know their physical and mental capacities, they need to consult a doctor or a nurse and have their health examined while at university. If they become able to control themselves through relaxation instead of pushing themselves too hard, it is possible for them to stay in the workforce for years."

His speech was followed by a Question & Answer session and an active back-and forth exchange between Professor Kiya and the audience continued for some time.

After the Question & Answer session, Professor Kunihiko Toki, Manager of the Special Needs Student Office expressed his gratitude to Professor Kiya and made a closing speech.