Policy Area
Health Care and Financing
Autistic adults experience disproportionately high rates of adverse health and mental health outcomes. These outcomes may be a result of systems-level determinants of health including lack of access to inclusive and high-quality medical care, cost of managing long-term conditions, inadequate preparation of providers, and failure to include autistic adults in the design of public health efforts. It is critical that we investigate the role healthcare policy has played in perpetuating these disparities and develop recommendations for systems-level change.
Topics include: Mental health (Parity, Access), Insurance (Medicaid, HCBS, Medicare, Duals, Private insurance) Health (Reproductive health, Dental, Telehealth, COVID-19), Behavioral health (Substance use)
- Short report on navigating access to care for Medicaid-enrolled autistic youth and young adults: Examining accrual of intellectual disability diagnoses in adolescence
- Association Between Medicaid Waivers and Medicaid Disenrollment Among Autistic Adolescents During the Transition to Adulthood
- Prevalence of high-risk conditions for severe COVID-19 among Medicaid-enrolled children with autism and mental health diagnoses in the United States
- The Periodic Risk Evaluation: A new tool to link Medicaid-enrolled autistic adults to services and support
- A national profile of substance use disorder among Medicaid enrollees on the autism spectrum or with intellectual disability
- Meeting the Primary Care Needs of Autistic Individuals