Without proper care and management in primary care, mental health conditions can be cared for in acute settings when they escalate to a crisis situation. “Increased rates of involvement in autistic youth who get all the mental health care they report needing may suggest that quality mental health care helps autistic youth maximize community involvement by working with their provider on developmentally appropriate goals,” said Tamara Garfield, a doctoral student in Drexel’s Dornsife School of Public Health and co-author on the report.
Autistic youth who received all the mental health care they needed were the most likely to participate in those activities, even more so than youth who did not need any mental health care. Youth who need mental health care but did not receive it were the least likely to participate in sports, volunteer work or paid work. The report also examined the relationship between mental health and community engagement in autistic youth. Twelve percent of parents of autistic children reported their child needed mental health care that they did not receive in the past year. Treatment or counseling was more difficult for autistic children to get than their peers, with one-fifth of parents of autistic children reporting it was very difficult or impossible to access needed services. Differences in diagnostic practices are often attributed to clinician bias, structural barriers and the historical context of racism in the health and mental health care systems, explained Rast. And all conditions are less common in Hispanic children, who are less likely to have any mental health condition than non-Hispanic children. Nearly half of white and Black autistic children had ADHD, while only about a third of children of another race or Hispanic children had the condition. Anxiety is more common in white, non-Hispanic autistic children (51%) than in children of another race or ethnicity. Researchers found that what children are diagnosed with varies by race and ethnicity. “The findings of the previous report raised some important questions and led us to further examine the role of mental health and mental health care in autistic people,” said Jessica Rast, research associate in the Autism Institute and lead author of the report. Even in comprehensive care approaches, mental health care is often not addressed. And while nearly all autistic children had health insurance, fewer than half of parents reported it covered all the services they needed for mental health. This report is a follow-up to a previous National Autism Indicator Report on health and health care, which found autistic children had high rates of many mental health conditions, were more likely to see a mental health care provider than their peers and use psychotropic medication. This is much greater than other children with special health care needs, where half have at least one mental health condition and about one-quarter have two or more. National estimates, based on parental reporting, suggest that three-quarters of autistic children have at least one co-occurring mental health condition, including behavior or conduct problems, ADHD, anxiety and depression. The report, the latest in the National Autism Indicators Report series, found high rates of mental health conditions in autistic children and adults and persistent disparities in mental health and health care by race and ethnicity. Drexel Autism Institute at Drexel University highlights the importance of mental health care in autistic children and adults. But it is an often-overlooked part of health care.
This is part of our strategy to ensure we have the capabilities to constantly innovate and stay ahead of emerging cyber threats.Mental health is an important part of whole-person health and wellbeing and is a key component of community health. We are also elevating our capabilities by hiring mid-career professionals from other industries and encouraging more female cyber talents to join the sector. ARC's executive director Jacelyn Lim said: "We hope this may become a blueprint for companies in the technology and cybersecurity sectors to harness the potential of these individuals in employment."Įnsign's CIO and executive vice president of managed security services Steven Ng said: "We are confident our neurodiverse employees will introduce new thinking and fresh ideas to help us evolve our strategies, services, and solutions.
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