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Stakeholder Making great Savvy This approach also highlights the need for more population-level data
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engagement info products marketing on the experiences of persons with autism. There are many populations
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and topics that have no national data available. If we cannot measure,
we are less likely to convince policy, program, and administrative actors
Problems are framed, Policies & programs are that change is needed. So are we “moving the needle” on important
So that awareness is raised grounded in data outcomes at a national level? We are trying to build the gauges to be
able to answer this question going forward.
Support systems-, policy-, and program-level efforts Few adults with ASD had a paid job in
In order to generate measurable improvements in key the community.
to population-level indicators across the life course 14% had a paid job in the
community in the two
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ACS.
What is an indicator?
Indicators are measures of social conditions. They can be individual-
level (e.g., employment) or population-level (e.g., aggregate spending Improve systems performance Source: NCI Adult Consumer Survey 2014-15
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School
Source: National Longitudinal Transition Study-2, Wave 5, 2009.
This project was supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under UJ2MC31073: Autism Transitions Research Project. This
information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.