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November 10, 2025Autism

The role of social drivers of health in communication abilities of autistic adolescents and young adults

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TGTeresa GirolamoAEAlicia EscobedoLBLindsay Butler

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Overview

Cross-sectional study highlights sense of community and regression modeling affecting communication in autistic youth.

Key Points

  • This research aims to explore how social drivers of health influence communication in autistic adolescents and young adults.
  • Cross-sectional design evaluating 73 autistic individuals aged 13-30
  • Participants completed assessments on language and nonverbal cognition
  • Questionnaires examined social drivers of health including sense of community and barriers to services
  • Data analyzed using mixed-effects modeling and regression modeling.
  • Higher unmet service needs and barriers were associated with increased social communication impairment.
  • Lower sense of community correlated with greater communication difficulties.
  • Language scores were found to contribute positively to functional communication.

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Girolamo et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69253a16c0ce034ddc356d52https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613251380448
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