Effects of a parent advocacy intervention on service access for transition-aged autistic youth: a multisite randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Autistic youth in the United States face many challenges accessing services as they transition to adulthood. Improving parents' ability to advocate for services is a promising way to improve service access. The current study tested whether participation in an intervention to improve parents' ability to advocate for adult services (called Advocating for Supports to Improve Service Transitions or ASSIST) led to increased service access for their transition-aged autistic youth.

Methods

Using a multisite, single-blind parallel-group design, we randomized 185 parents of transition-aged autistic youth to either a treatment condition that received the ASSIST intervention, or a control condition that received comprehensive written information about adult services. Primary

SUBMITTER: Taylor JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12582376 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature