Another thing to bear in mind is that even at a school with a fantastic Disability Services program, the assistance is only as good as your child actually taking advantage of it. No one is going to go retrieve your kid when they’re floundering and say, “Hey, do you need some help?” A kid who can’t advocate for themselves (autistic or not) is going to have a hard time in college, period.
The boards here are rife with talk about “good fit.” I agree with @“Cardinal Fang” that the best way to proceed is with real honesty about where your kid’s strengths and weaknesses lie. That may mean not going away to college right away, even if they’re plenty smart, if they don’t possess the life skills/self-control/executive functioning to succeed mostly on their own. Or it may mean a special program like the one discussed in the article, but with the understanding that it’s not going to be any sort of magic bullet. Even kids who are neurotypical struggle when they leave home for the first time. Those on the spectrum are going to experience those ups and downs more intensely, bounce back more slowly, and be more easily thrown off course.