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Intro -- AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS: GUIDANCE, RESEARCHAND FEDERAL ACTIVITY -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 A PARENT'S GUIDE TO AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER -- WHAT IS AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER (ASD)? -- WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF ASD? -- Social Impairment -- Communication Issues -- Repetitive and Stereotyped Behaviors -- Related Disorders -- HOW IS ASD DIAGNOSED? -- Screening -- Comprehensive Diagnostic Evaluation -- WHAT ARE SOME OTHER CONDITIONS THAT CHILDREN WITHASD MAY HAVE? -- Sensory Problems -- Sleep Problems -- Intellectual Disability -- Seizures -- Fragile X Syndrome -- Tuberous Sclerosis -- Gastrointestinal Problems -- Co-occurring Mental Disorders -- HOW IS ASD TREATED? -- Early Intervention -- AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS: GUIDANCE, RESEARCH AND FEDERAL ACTIVITY -- Working with Your Child's School -- Medications -- HOW COMMON IS ASD? -- WHAT CAUSES ASD? -- Genetic Factors -- Environmental Factors -- ASD and Vaccines -- WHAT EFFORTS ARE UNDER WAY TO IMPROVE THE DETECTION AND TREATMENT OF ASD? -- HOW CAN I HELP A CHILD WHO HAS ASD? -- Understanding Teens with ASD -- Preparing for Your Child's Transition to Adulthood -- Living Arrangements for Adults with ASD -- CITATIONS -- Chapter 2 AUTISM PREVALENCE: MORE AFFECTED OR MORE DETECTED? -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3 PREVALENCE OF AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS: AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES MONITORING NETWORK, 14 SITES, UNITED STATES, 2008 -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODS -- Study Sites -- Case Ascertainment -- Descriptive Characteristics -- Quality Assurance -- Analytic Methods -- Evaluation Methods -- RESULTS -- Overall ASD Prevalence Estimates -- Prevalence by Sex and Race/Ethnicity -- Previously Documented ASD Classification -- Special Education Eligibility -- Intellectual Ability -- Evaluation of Missing Records and Expanded ICD-9 Codes

AbstractLittle research on the experiences of persons with intellectual disabilities (ID) during the COVID‐19 pandemic has been done by persons with ID themselves. Moreover, little research focuses on group home residents with ID, despite the greater risks they faced of COVID‐19 transmission and mortality. To address these gaps, researchers with and without ID organized qualitative interviews and a focus group discussion with six group home residents with ID in Massachusetts. Study participants identified as self‐advocates and reported feelings of frustration and isolation that at times were exacerbated by community access restrictions imposed by their group homes. All participants described group home staff efforts to keep them physically safe, while some reported lapses that contributed to their risk of contracting COVID‐19. None described comparable efforts to address their social and mental health needs. All participants received information about COVID‐19 and related precautions from group home staff, but none reported receiving information about heightened risks of contracting COVID‐19 while living in group settings. Also, notwithstanding pandemic‐related challenges, most participants identified at least one positive change in their lives, either by changing where they lived or worked or by forging new relationships. Participants' perspectives, as presented to researchers with ID, shed unique light on the range of group home residents' pandemic experiences, signal opportunities for interventions addressing social isolation, and underscore the efficacy of inclusive research methods in eliciting information from research participants with ID.

The Arctic Council, a collaborative forum among governments and Arctic communities, has highlighted the problem of suicide and potential solutions. The mental health initiative during the United States chairmanship, Reducing the Incidence of Suicide in Indigenous Groups: Strengths United Through Networks (RISING SUN), used a Delphi methodology complemented by face-to-face stakeholder discussions to identify outcomes to evaluate suicide prevention interventions. RISING SUN underscored that multilevel suicide prevention initiatives require mobilizing resources and enacting policies that promote the capacity for wellness, for example, by reducing adverse childhood experiences, increasing social equity, and mitigating the effects of colonization and poverty.

The official published article is available online at https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201700505. ; The Arctic Council, a collaborative forum among governments and Arctic communities, has highlighted the problem of suicide and potential solutions. The mental health initiative during the United States chairmanship, Reducing the Incidence of Suicide in Indigenous Groups: Strengths United Through Networks (RISING SUN), used a Delphi methodology complemented by face-to-face stakeholder discussions to identify outcomes to evaluate suicide prevention interventions. RISING SUN underscored that multilevel suicide prevention initiatives require mobilizing resources and enacting policies that promote the capacity for wellness, for example, by reducing adverse childhood experiences, increasing social equity, and mitigating the effects of colonization and poverty.