Expediting Access to Services for Equity (EASE)
The goal of this clinical trial is to assess whether telehealth-based Family Navigation (FN) expedites enrollment (e.g., reduces time in days) in community-based autism intervention for Black toddlers under the age of 3 after their initial diagnosis of autism.

The main questions it aims to answer are:

Does Family Navigation decrease the time to initiation of intervention for Black toddlers with autism?
Does Family Navigation improve developmental outcomes at 18 months post-diagnosis of autism?
Does Family Navigation improve caregiver well-being?

Caregivers in the Family Navigation condition will receive 4 research-based individual sessions with a trained navigator to support them in identifying and enrolling in recommended autism early intervention services. All navigation sessions will be delivered virtually via phone/Zoom.

Researchers will compare participants who receive family navigation to participants who receive the standard of care (educational materials) to see if family navigation outperforms the standard of care.
- EligibilityCriteria: Inclusion Criteria:  Caregiver of a child with a clinical diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder Over the age of 18 Their child with autism must be Black/African-American Speak conversationally fluent English.  Exclusion Criteria:  No access to a telephone or internet connection for phone calls or video conferencing. - HealthyVolunteers: No - Gender: All - MinimumAge: 18 Years - StdAgeList: Adult, Older Adult