New study: services for young adults with autism

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Dear Colleagues and Friends,

I am writing to announce the publication of a new article appearing in the current issue of the journal Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine titled “Post–High School Service Use Among Young Adults With an Autism Spectrum Disorder.” In this report we examined rates of service use during the first few years after exiting high school in a nationally representative sample of young adults with autism (from the National Longitudinal Transition Study 2). Rates of service use ranged from 9.1% for speech therapy to 41.9% for case management; 39.1% of youths with an autism spectrum disorder represented by the survey received no services. The adjusted odds of no services were higher among African American participants and those with low incomes. The adjusted odds of case management were lower among youths with high functional skills and those with low incomes.

If you would like to learn more about this study then please click on the link below, which will take you to our news release.

http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/21858.aspx

Best regards,

T. Shattuck

Assistant Professor

Warren Brown School of Social Work

Washington University

One Brookings Dr.

Campus Box 1196

St. Louis, MO 63130

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