Health Care for Autistic Individuals During Transition Age

About this episode

Dr. Emily Hotez discusses her research on improving health care for autistic individuals during the transition age.

This week we talk to Dr. Emily Hotez from UCLA, (and a sibling to an autistic adult) who has focused her research on reducing stigma and marginalization, which will ultimately improve research participation to increase scientifically valid options for families. She also works on a nationwide project to improve health outcomes in autistic individuals, from birth through adulthood. Her new project focuses on chronic stress on physical health in adolescents with autism. She explains the focus of her research, the study and why it is important, and other work she is doing to improve health care in those with a diagnosis and their family members. You can read more about her study here: https://uclasharelab.org/

People in this episode

Host: Autism Science Foundation

Guest: Dr. Emily Hotez

Topics covered

• health care
• autism
• transition age
• chronic stress
• research participation
• health outcomes

Keywords

• autistic individuals
• health care
• chronic stress
• research
• transition age
• health outcomes
• UCLA

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: UCLA, Autism Science Foundation

Places: United States

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