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Joseph Sirrianni; Christopher Hanks; Steve Rust; Laura C. Hart – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
The transition from pediatric to adult health care is a vulnerable time period for autistic adolescents and young adults (AYA) and for some autistic AYA may include a period of receiving care in both the pediatric and adult health systems. We sought to assess the proportion of autistic AYA who continued to use pediatric health services after their…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Adolescents, Young Adults, Pediatrics
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Serene Habayeb; Anne Inge; Erica Eisenman; Sheina Godovich; Maria Lauer; Amanda Hastings; Vanessa Fuentes; Melissa Long; Xavier Marshall; Alexis Khuu; Leandra Godoy – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2025
Primary care providers are often the first to identify concerns for autism through routine screening in the first 2 years of life. However, most children do not receive a diagnosis until years later resulting in delays accessing appropriate intervention. Delays in diagnosis disproportionately impact those who are otherwise disadvantaged by society…
Descriptors: Pediatrics, Primary Health Care, Disability Identification, Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Rebecca McNally Keehn; Noha F. Minshawi; Qing Tang; Brett Enneking; Tybytha Ryan; Ann Marie Martin; Angela Paxton; Patrick O. Monahan; Mary Ciccarelli; Brandon Keehn – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2025
Feasible and accurate assessment tools developed for non-specialists are needed to scale community-based models of autism evaluation. The purpose of this study was to evaluate use of the Screening Tool for Autism in Toddlers and Young Children (STAT) when used by primary care practitioners (n = 10) across a statewide system of early diagnosis set…
Descriptors: Screening Tests, Accuracy, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Toddlers