2022

October
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- A.J. Drexel Autism Institute Releases Recommendations for Autism and the Criminal Justice System
  
  October 12, 2022
  Drexel University’s A.J. Drexel Autism Institute explored ways to improve interactions between autistic individuals and the justice system, which led to the recently published policy brief, “Autism and the Criminal Justice System: Policy Opportunities and Challenges,” with wide reaching recommendations and considerations for the broader justice system.
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September
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- How Police Departments and Community Partners Are Coordinating Care for Autistic Youth in Crisis
  
  September 13, 2022
  Autistic youth experiencing mental health crises face higher risks and are more likely to have negative interactions with police. To identify how police departments and other non-police community partners – like school districts and community crisis centers – are supporting autistic youth in suicidal crisis, researchers from Drexel University’s A.J. Drexel Autism Institute aimed to develop and test a new county-level social network measure of care coordination.
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- The A.J. Drexel Autism Institute Awarded $10 Million for Advancing Equitable Strategies and Reducing Barriers for Autistic Individuals of All Ages
  
  September 09, 2022
  Drexel University’s A.J. Drexel Autism Institute was awarded a 5-year, $10 million Autism Centers of Excellence (ACE) award from the National Institutes of Health to understand and reduce barriers to good health and health care access for people with autism. The project titled “Public Health and Autism Science advancing Equitable Strategies across the life course” (PHASES) will employ a public health research framework to examine health determinants, health services delivery and health inequity – especially in under-represented diverse populations – and the impact of these forces on autistic people’s health outcomes.
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- A.J. Drexel Autism Institute Awarded $2.5 Million Grant for Research to Support Healthy and Equitable Life Outcomes for Autistic Youth and Young Adults
  
  September 08, 2022
  Drexel University’s A.J. Drexel Autism Institute recently received a $2.5 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to fund the Institute’s Autism Transitions Research Project for an additional five years to address a “services cliff” that many transition-age autistic youth face.
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May
Highlighted Articles
- What International Fulbrights Can Do at Drexel
  
  May 13, 2022
  A.I. drug development…SARS-CoV-2 research…comparative autism studies… Three international scholars from Brazil and Pakistan share how Drexel opened doors to research and professional opportunities not available in their home countries.
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- Autistic Adults Report High Rates of COVID-19 Vaccination
  
  May 03, 2022
  Researchers from Drexel University’s A.J. Drexel Autism Institute recently published a study identifying the differences between autistic adults who reported COVID-19 vaccination acceptance and those who were vaccination hesitant.
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April
Highlighted Articles
- Report: Autistic Children at the Intersection of Race and Poverty Experience Compounding Health Risks
  
  April 18, 2022
  The Autism Intervention Research Network on Physical Health (AIR-P), within UCLA Health’s Department of Medicine, and the Health Services Systems Node of AIR-P, based at the Policy and Analytics Center at Drexel University’s A.J. Drexel Autism Institute, have released the latest National Autism Indicator’s Report using national data to highlight the intersection of autism, poverty, race/ethnicity and their compounding impact on health and health care.
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