September

Financial Literacy at the Forefront of School-to-Work Transition Programs

Sep 14, 2022

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How Police Departments and Community Partners Are Coordinating Care for Autistic Youth in Crisis

Sep 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

Sep 09, 2022

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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

Sep 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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The A.J. Drexel Autism Institute Awarded $10 Million for Advancing Equitable Strategies and Reducing Barriers for Autistic Individuals of All Ages

Sep 09, 2022

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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

Sep 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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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

Sep 08, 2022

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