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- Title
Mind the NIH-Funding Gap: Structural Discrimination in Physical Health–Related Research for Cognitively Able Autistic Adults.
- Authors
McDonald, T. A. Meridian; Scudder, Audrey
- Abstract
Autistic adults experience disparities in physical health and health care access. A major barrier to addressing these disparities is a lack of federal funding for research on this topic. In seeking funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), we discovered nodes that contribute to structural discrimination in physical health–related research for autistic adults. To examine this structural discrimination, we systematically searched funded research on all physical health–disparity conditions in autistic adults using NIH RePORTER. Among 61 unique studies, none focused on improving the relevant physical health condition through intervention, programs, or services for autistic adults. Thus, we need updated policies and procedures that support research on physical health disparities in populations with developmental or mental health conditions.
- Subjects
HEALTH services accessibility; HEALTH status indicators; ENDOWMENTS; RESEARCH funding; MENTAL health; NATIONAL Institutes of Health (U.S.); AUTISM; HEALTH policy; NEURODIVERSITY; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; FEDERAL government; GOVERNMENT aid; ENDOWMENT of research; DISCRIMINATION (Sociology); HEALTH equity
- Publication
Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders, 2024, Vol 54, Issue 4, p1411
- ISSN
0162-3257
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10803-022-05856-w