Heyi Li, Yuqiang Sun, Amelia Barwise, Wenjuan Cui, Yue Dong, Aysun Tekin, Qingzhong Yuan, Lujun Qiao, Ognjen Gajic, Alexander Niven
A novel multimodal needs assessment to inform the longitudinal education program for an international interprofessional critical care team
BMC medical education
individuals autism spectrum disorder asd range health community social support needs across lifespan create agespecific challenges navigating service sectors study set identify priority needs individuals asd across lifespan factors predict receiving priority services participants included 3317 individuals asd canadawide online caregiver survey stratified five age groups preschool elementary school age adolescence emerging adulthood adulthood priority receipt calculated ratio current services corresponded individualized priority need agestratified poisson regression analyses used identify sociodemographic clinical systemic predictors priority receipt results indicate distribution priority need varied age except social skills programming high across groups number high moderate priority needs diversified age overall 30 individuals none priority needs met priority receipt decreased age systemic factors consistently related priority receipt across lifespan understanding patterns correlates priority needs use currently exist different age groups inform policies improve service access autism res 2017 10 14361447 2017 international society autism research wiley periodicals inc