# Addressing Structural Disparities in Autism Spectrum Disorder through Analysis of Secondary Data (ASD3)

> **NIH NIH R01** · OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY · 2024 · $703,883

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) affects up to 1 in 44 children in the United States, and its prevalence has
increased over the past 10 years. Though early access to autism care improves outcomes, children of color
and children from low-income families access care later and have unmet care needs. Though there is a broad
understanding that contextual factors on the neighborhood, community, and state levels impact autism health
care disparities, these factors are largely unexplored. In this proposed research, we will compile the most
comprehensive and largest autism service use dataset ever, combining Medicaid claims from 16 states with
community-level data from the Child Opportunity Index, as well as state education and health care policy data.
We will use this powerful new data set to uncover modifiable determinants of child autism services use
disparities. Analyses will focus on age of diagnosis as well as medication and behavioral therapy use. Then
we will use findings to bring research to action, by engaging a consensus panel of community and research
experts to suggest data-driven, feasible interventions based on study findings. We will also use our research
to expand the diversity of the autism disparities research field, by sponsoring scholars who are under-
represented in medicine and/or who have health disparities research interests, to use the resulting dataset to
pursue additional data analyses. At the end of this project, we expect to have evidence-informed findings
regarding which children access which services, which contextual factors affect services access, and which
interventions can be deployed to address autism health inequities.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10873895
- **Project number:** 5R01MH134177-02
- **Recipient organization:** OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Olivia J Lindly
- **Activity code:** R01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $703,883
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2023-08-01 → 2027-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10873895

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10873895, Addressing Structural Disparities in Autism Spectrum Disorder through Analysis of Secondary Data (ASD3) (5R01MH134177-02). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-29 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10873895. Licensed CC0.

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