Vita for Kristy A. Anderson

Curriculum Vitae

Kristy A. Anderson

August 26, 2026

General Information

University address:	College of Social Work
296 Champions Way #3404
Florida State University
Tallahassee 32304-FL
Phone: 850.644.9599

E-mail address:	ka22v@fsu.edu
	kanderson12@fsu.edu

Professional Preparation

2020	PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison WI. Major: Social Welfare. 

Kristy A Anderson. (2020). Safety net program use among children with autism. (Doctoral dissertation, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison WI). Retrieved from ProQuest Publishing, 28263773. 

2012	MSW, Washington University in St. Louis, St Louis MO. Major: Social Work. Mental Health; Research. Outstanding Graduate. 

2009	BA, Truman State University, Kirksville MO. Major: Psychology. Cum Laude. 

Nondegree Education and Training

2023	Building Effective and Equitable Implementation Research Collaborations with Community Partners. 

AcademyHealth, 16th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health. 

2016	Evaluation of Mental Health Service Systems. 

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Summer Institute in Mental Health Research. 

2016	Grant Writing: NIH and Other Funding Sources. 

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Summer Institute in Mental Health Research. 

Professional Experience

2022–present	Assistant Professor, College of Social Work, Florida State University. 

2021–2022	Scientist, A.J. Drexel Autism Institute, Life Course Outcomes Research Program, Drexel University. 

2015–2020	Research Associate, A.J. Drexel Autism Institute, Life Course Outcomes Research Program, Drexel University. 

Honors, Awards, and Prizes

Meritorious Poster Award, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) (2026). 

Awarded to the top-rated poster submissions at the ASHA Annual Convention. Therrien, M., Lorio, C., Anderson, K. A., Dolce, E., & Kim, K. Disability and foster care: Outcomes for children and implications for speech-language pathologists. 

Nominated Article, Summary of Advances in Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) (2024). 

The IACC selects approximately 20 studies each year as the scientific advances representing significant progress in autism research. Anderson, K. A., Radey, M., Rast, J. E., Roux, A. M., & Shea, L. (2025). The economic impacts of COVID-19 on autistic children and their families. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 55(4), 1329-1340. 

Selected Article, Summary of Advances in Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) (2015). 

The IACC selects approximately 20 studies each year as the scientific advances representing significant progress in autism research. Roux, A. M., Shattuck, P. T., Rast, J. E., Rava, J. A., & Anderson, K. A. (2015). National Autism Indicators Report: Transition into Young Adulthood. Philadelphia, PA: Life Course Outcomes Research Program, A.J. Drexel Autism Institute, Drexel University. 

Outstanding Graduate Student Award, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis (2012). 
Tice Family Scholarship, St. Louis ARC, St. Louis MO (2011). ($1,000). 

Current Membership in Professional Organizations

Academy Health 
International Society for Autism Research (INSAR) 
National Association of Social Workers (NASW) 
Society for Social Work Research (SSWR) 

Teaching

Courses Taught

	Human Behavior in the Social Environment I (SOW5105)
	HEALTH & SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY (SOW5908)
	Introduction to Social Work Research (SOW5404)
	Special Topics in Autism, Health and Social Policy (SOW5908)
	AUTISM, HLTH, & SOCIAL POLICY (SOW5908)
	Introduction to Social Work Research (SOW4403)
^#	Social Work Research Methods (Sole Instructor). University of Connecticut (BASC5333)
^#	Social Work Research Methods (Sole Instructor). Southern Connecticut State University (SWK350)
^#	Foundation Practice II: Individual, Families and Groups (Teaching Assistant). University of Wisconsin-Madison (SOCWORK441)
^#	Methods of Social Work Research (Teaching Assistant). University of Wisconsin-Madison (SOCWORK650)

Doctoral Committee Member

	Fraser, M. D., doctoral candidate.  [Florida State University School of Teacher Education]
	Mayewski, S., doctoral student. 
	Yang, Z., doctoral student. 

Supervision of Student Research Not Related to Thesis or Dissertation

	Dolce, E. J. (2023–25). 

M.D. candidate, Florida State University College of Medicine, Class of 2026. Supervised research on disability and child welfare resulting in one peer-reviewed publication (Radey et al., 2025, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders), one manuscript under review, and two conference presentations, including a 2026 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Meritorious Poster Award. 

Invited Lecturer

^#	Anderson, K. A. (2019). Understanding and supporting individuals with ASD: The role of social workers. University of Pennsylvania, School of Social Policy & Practice. 

Guest lecture in Developmental Disabilities (SWRK7240), MSW. 

^#	Anderson, K. A. (2015). Measuring quality of life in disability research and practice. University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences. 

Guest lecture in Intellectual Disability: Concepts and Controversy (PSYCH480), BA. 

Research and Original Creative Work

Publications

Refereed Journal Articles

	Rast, J. E., Wright, J., Ventimiglia, J., Smith, P., Anderson, K. A., & Roux, A. M. (submitted). Mental health hospitalization in autistic youth and adults enrolled in Medicaid nationally. Autism. Manuscript submitted for publication.

[Revise and resubmit invited July 16, 2026].This study used national Medicaid claims data (2016–2019) in a nested case-control design to identify mental health service use patterns and local service environment factors preceding mental health hospitalization among autistic youth and adults. 

	Therrien, M., Lorio, C., Anderson, K. A., Dolce, E. J., & Kim, K. (submitted). The experiences of children with disabilities in foster care: A scoping review. Children and Youth Services Review. Manuscript submitted for publication.

[Revised manuscript submitted August 7, 2026].  This study used a scoping review of the U.S. child welfare literature to examine how research has conceptualized and measured safety, permanency, and well-being outcomes among children with disabilities in foster care from birth through age 23. 

	Anderson, K. A., Cheatham, L. P., Radey, M., Rast, J. E., & Font, S. (submitted). Child protective services decision-making pathways and permanency outcomes among children with autism and intellectual disability. Autism Research. Manuscript submitted for publication.

[Revise and resubmit invited July 31, 2026; revision in preparation].  This study used linked Florida child welfare and Medicaid administrative data (2016–2021) to examine how disparities in substantiation, foster care entry, and permanency outcomes emerge across sequential child protective services decision points for children with autism, intellectual disability, and both. 

	Rast, J. E., Anderson, K. A., Killian, M. O., & Radey, M. (in press). Preventable hospitalizations during the COVID-19 pandemic in autistic and non-autistic patients. Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

[Accepted for publication August 21, 2026. DOI: 10.1080/19349491.2026.2723893]. This study used 2019–2021 National Inpatient Sample data and difference-in-difference analysis to examine whether the rate and characteristics of preventable hospitalizations changed differently for autistic and non-autistic children and adults across the COVID-19 period. 

	Benevides, T. W., Rast, J. E., Lee, B., Anderson, K. A., Ventimiglia, J., Jaremski, J. E., Poon, J., Brodkin, E. S., & Shea, L. (2026). Antipsychotic drug prescriptions for transition-age youth on the autism spectrum. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. doi:10.1007/s10803-026-07233-3

[Advance online publication; volume, issue, and page numbers pending. Brief Report]. This study used 2019 national Medicaid data from all states, DC, and Puerto Rico to compare rates of on- and off-label antipsychotic prescribing across four groups of transition-age youth ages 14–29 (autistic with intellectual disability, autistic without ID, ID-only, and neither) and identify factors associated with prescribing. 

	Ross-Cypcar, S. M., Zimmerman, S., Frame, L., Williams, T., Pickett, A., Haegele, J. A., & Anderson, K. A. (2026). Autistic adolescents' and their parents' perspectives on a national flourishing item set: A construct validation study. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 30(4), 498–507. doi:10.1007/s10995-026-04242-7

This study used cognitive interviews with 16 autistic adolescents and their parents to examine the clarity and construct relevance of the National Survey of Children's Health flourishing items, testing whether documented parent–child response differences reflect true disparities or measurement artifacts. 

	Jaffe, A. J., Roux, A. M., Anderson, K. A., Vasudevan, V., Esposito, A., Spielman, S., & Rast, J. E. (2026). Caregiver employment changes and care coordination in families with children with autism. Research in Autism, 135, 202930. doi:10.1016/j.reia.2026.202930

This study used the 2020–2022 National Survey of Children's Health to examine whether unmet need for care coordination was associated with caregivers reducing hours, stopping work, or avoiding job changes to maintain insurance, comparing families of autistic children to families of other children with special health care needs. 

	Anderson, K. A., Ne'eman, A., Song, Wei-Lin, Ventimiglia, J., McLean, K., & Shea, L. (2026). National profile of adult SSI recipients with autism or intellectual disability in Medicaid. Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 64(1), 15-28. doi:10.1080/19349491.2025.2576450

This study used 2019 national Medicaid T-MSIS data on 1,216,093 working-age beneficiaries to characterize SSI receipt, demographic variation, and service utilization among adults with autism, intellectual disability, or both, and to assess how state Medicaid enrollment policy (Section 1634 versus 209(b)) shapes SSI participation. 

	Rast, J. E., Koffer Miller, K. H., Bromberg, J., Ventimiglia, J., Anderson, K. A., & Shea, L. L. (2025). Changes in child health care, health, and caregiver mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic in children with autism and special health care needs. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 29(1), 78–86. doi:10.1007/s10995-024-04020-3

This study used the 2018–2021 National Survey of Children's Health to track pre-pandemic to early-pandemic changes in health care access, child health conditions, and caregiver and household health among autistic children compared to other children with special health care needs. 

	Anderson, K. A., Radey, M., Bishop, L., Aguirre Mtanous, N. G., Koenig, J., & Shea, L. (2025). Material hardship and sources of support for autistic adolescents and their families. Autism, 29(6), 1415–1430. doi:10.1177/13623613241304503

This study used the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study to compare the financial well-being of families with and without autistic adolescents using a multidimensional framework — assets, material hardship, and formal and informal safety net access — rather than household income alone. 

	Garcia, J. M., Anderson, K. A., Moore, J. R., Renn, T., & Rast, J. E. (2025). Prevalence of substance use disorder among autistic youth with and without co-occurring mental health conditions and a history of trauma. Autism Research, 18(8), 1704–1713. doi:10.1002/aur.70081

This study used the Child and Caregiver Linked Utilization and Outcomes Database (CCOULD) to compare substance use disorder prevalence among 22,828 autistic and 601,348 non-autistic youth and to test whether co-occurring mental health conditions, substantiated maltreatment, and out-of-home placement were differentially associated with SUD by autism status. 

	Anderson, K. A., Radey, M., Rast, J. E., Roux, A. M., & Shea, L. (2025). The economic impacts of COVID-19 on autistic children and their families. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 55(4), 1329–1340. doi:10.1007/s10803-024-06280-y

[Nominated for the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) Summary of Advances in Autism Research (2024)]. This study used the National Survey of Children's Health to compare five dimensions of economic hardship and four safety net programs before (2018–2019) and during (2021) the pandemic, assessing whether federal relief efforts narrowed or widened autism-based disparities. [. 

	Radey, M., Anderson, K. A., LaPoint, S. C., Dolce, E. J., & Killian, M. O. (2025). Young adulthood milestones and supports within the context of autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. doi:10.1007/s10803-025-07091-5

This study used Year 22 data from the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study to describe self-reported living conditions, material hardship, public assistance receipt, family support, and attainment of adult milestones among 22-year-old autistic young adults compared to their non-autistic peers. 

	Anderson, K. A., Roux, A. M., Rast, J. E., Garfield, T., & Shea, L. L. (2024). Low-income households of children with autism and the economic safety net. Academic Pediatrics, 24(2), 258–266. doi:10.1016/j.acap.2023.11.001

This study used the 2021 National Survey of Children's Health to estimate material hardship and safety net program use among 554 low-income households of autistic children ages 3–17 relative to children with other and no special health care needs, and to identify predictors of cash assistance, SNAP, and disconnection from both. 

	Rast, J. E., Garfield, T., Ezeh, T. H., & Anderson, K. A. (2024). Mental health, race and ethnicity, and medical home in children with special health care needs. Children's Health Care, 53(4), 374–388. doi:10.1080/02739615.2023.2212905

This study used the 2019–2020 National Survey of Children's Health to examine whether the medical home mitigates racial and ethnic disparities in mental health care access among children and youth with special health care needs ages 6–17. 

	Roux, A. M., Voltaire, S., Steinberg, H., Williams, Ed-Dee, Anderson, K. A., Hutson, T. M., & Shea, L. L. (2024). More than just a variable: The need to explicitly focus on Black youth within autism transitions research. Autism in Adulthood, 6(2), 119–127. doi:10.1089/aut.2023.0041

This commentary synthesized recent work on intersectional understandings of Black autistic experiences and set out research and practice recommendations for treating Black autistic transition-age youth as an explicit focus rather than a covariate in transition research. 

	Roux, A. M., Shea, L. L., Steinberg, H., Rast, J. E., Anderson, K. A., Hotez, E., Rosenau, K., Kuo, A. A., Assing-Murray, E., & Shattuck, P. T. (2023). Evidence from the Autism Transitions Research Project (2017–  2022): Capstone review and services research recommendations. Autism Research, 16(3), 480–496. doi:10.1002/aur.2890

This study used scoping review methods to map the 31 peer-reviewed articles produced under the five-year federal Autism Transitions Research Project, charting study characteristics, socio-ecological levels, equity focus, and inclusion of autistic participants to identify gaps and set priorities for the next generation of autism transition services research. 

	Ross, S. M., Haegele, J. A., Anderson, K. A., & Healy, S. (2023). Evidence of item bias in a national flourishing measure for autistic youth. Autism Research, 16(4), 841–854. doi:10.1002/aur.2900

This study used a MIMIC confirmatory factor analysis on 41,691 children ages 6–17 from the 2018–2019 National Survey of Children's Health to test the caregiver-reported flourishing items for differential item functioning and to estimate latent group differences after controlling for that bias. 

	Graham Holmes, L., Anderson, K. A., Sieber, G. S., & Shattuck, P. T. (2023). Sexual and reproductive health services for autistic young people in the United States: A conceptual model of utilization. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 55(1), 49–61. doi:10.1363/psrh.12221

This study used interviews and two surveys with 18 autistic people, 15 parents, and 15 service providers to identify barriers and facilitators to sexual and reproductive health service use and to build a stakeholder-validated conceptual model grounded in the social ecological model of health. 

	Song, W., Nonnemacher, S. L., Koffer Miller, K., Anderson, K. A., & Shea, L. L. (2022). Living arrangements and satisfaction of current arrangement among autistic adults reported by autistic individuals or their caregivers. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 35(5), 1174-1185. doi:10.1111/jar.13003

This study used a statewide Pennsylvania survey of autistic adults and caregivers to compare living arrangements and satisfaction with those arrangements across self-report and proxy-report samples, identifying demographic, financial, service, and mental health correlates of both. 

	Anderson, K. A., Hemmeter, J., Wittenburg, D., Baller, J., Roux, A. M., Rast, J. E., & Shattuck, P. T. (2022). National and state trends in autistic adult Supplemental Security Income awardees: 2005-2019. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 52(8), 3547-3559. doi:10.1007/s10803-021-05215-1

This study used Social Security Administration program data from 2005 to 2019 to track national and state-level change in new adult SSI awards to autistic adults relative to awardees with intellectual disability and other mental health disorders, documenting a 336.6% increase concentrated among 18–25-year-olds alongside a 45% decline in all other groups. 

	Shea, L. L., Becker, A., Lee, B. K., Koffer Miller, K., Cooper, D., Anderson, K. A., Salzer, M. S., & Vanness, D. J. (2022). Self-reported COVID-19 vaccination acceptance and hesitancy among autistic adults. Vaccine, 40(24), 3288-3293. doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.04.060

This study surveyed 168 autistic adults drawn from the Pennsylvania Autism Needs Assessment to identify self-reported reasons for COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy and their association with demographic characteristics, pandemic impact, and county-level contextual factors. 

^#	Rast, J. E., Anderson, K. A., Roux, A. M., & Shattuck, P. T. (2021). Medication use in youth with autism and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Academic Pediatrics, 21(2), 272-279. doi:10.1016/j.acap.2020.05.015

This study used the 2016–2017 National Survey of Children's Health to estimate the prevalence and correlates of psychotropic medication use among children ages 6–17 across three groups — autism only, autism with ADHD, and ADHD only — finding that two-thirds to three-quarters of youth with both diagnoses were medicated. 

^#	Roux, A. M., Rast, J. E., Anderson, K. A., Garfield, T., & Shattuck, P. T. (2021). Vocational rehabilitation service utilization and employment outcomes among secondary students on the autism spectrum. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 51(1), 212–226.

This study used Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA-911) case data and multivariable logistic regression to test whether receipt of job-related vocational rehabilitation services predicted employment at VR exit for students with autism ages 16–21, finding that students received these services at rates below comparison groups despite significantly higher odds of employment when they did. 

^#	Roux, A. M., Rast, J. E., Garfield, T., Anderson, K. A., & Shattuck, P. T. (2020). Prevalence and correlates of work experiences among high school students on the autism spectrum. Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 58(4), 273-287. doi:10.1352/1934-9556-58.4.273

This study used the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2012 to estimate the prevalence of paid, unpaid, school-sponsored, and community-based work among high school students with autism relative to peers with intellectual disability and non-special-education peers, and to identify correlates of work experience within the autism group. 

^#	Shattuck, P. T., Garfield, T., Roux, A. M., Rast, J. E., Anderson, K. A., Hassrick, E. M., & Kuo, A. A. (2020). Services for adults with autism spectrum disorder: A systems perspective. Current Psychiatry Reports, 22(13), 3. doi:10.1007/s11920-020-1136-7

This study reviewed original research on services for autistic adults published January 2013 through December 2018 — covering employment, community living, and social participation — to characterize the topical and methodological state of the field and benchmark progress against a comparable 2012 review. 

^#	Anderson, K. A., Hemmeter, J., Rast, J. E., Roux, A. M., & Shattuck, P. T. (2020). Trends in Supplemental Security Income payments to adults with autism. Psychiatric Services, 71(6), 602-607. doi:10.1176/appi.ps.201900265

This study used Social Security Administration program data from 2005 to 2015 to track caseload size, new awards, total payments, and average per-recipient payments to autistic adults relative to recipients with intellectual disability and other mental disorders, documenting a 326.8% caseload increase and roughly $1.0 billion in federal payments by 2015. 

^#	Shattuck, P. T., Lau, L., Anderson, K. A., & Kuo, A. A. (2018). A national research agenda for the transition of youth with autism. Pediatrics, 141(Suppl. 4), S355-S361. doi:10.1542/peds.2016-4300M

This study synthesized five interconnected activities — a scoping review, key informant interviews, a two-day national research agenda meeting, a modified Delphi survey, and two formal literature reviews — to establish national research priorities for autism and the transition to adulthood. 

^#	Kuo, A. A., Anderson, K. A., Crapnell, T., Lau, L., & Shattuck, P. T. (2018). Introduction to transitions in the life course of autism and other developmental disabilities. Pediatrics, 141(Suppl. 4), S267-S271. doi:10.1542/peds.2016-4300B

This introduction framed a Pediatrics supplement produced by the Health Care Transitions Research Network and Life Course Research Network, setting out its aims to map developmental and transition-related challenges across the life course for autistic and other neurodevelopmentally disabled individuals and to identify knowledge gaps and research directions. 

^#	Anderson, K. A., Roux, A. M., Kuo, A. A., & Shattuck, P. T. (2018). Social-ecological correlates in adult autism outcome studies: A scoping review. Pediatrics, 141(Suppl. 4), S306-S317. doi:10.1542/peds.2016-4300H

This study used scoping review methods to characterize how adult autism outcome research has used social-ecological variables, organizing them across family, interpersonal, institutional, community, and policy levels, and produced nine recommendations to address the field's narrow variable coverage, overreliance on a small number of national datasets, and lack of design variation. 

^#	Kuo, A. A., Crapnell, T., Lau, L., Anderson, K. A., & Shattuck, P. T. (2018). Stakeholder perspectives on research and practice in autism and transition. Pediatrics, 141(Suppl. 4), S293-S299. doi:10.1542/peds.2016-4300F

This study used semi-structured interviews with 13 stakeholders — researchers, service providers, family members, and an autistic individual — and inductive thematic analysis to identify multilevel barriers to and needs in research and practice around the transition to adulthood. 

^#	Rast, J. E., Shattuck, P. T., Roux, A. M., Anderson, K. A., & Kuo, A. A. (2018). The medical home and health care transition for youth with autism. Pediatrics, 141(Suppl. 4), S328-S334. doi:10.1542/peds.2016-4300J

This study used the National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs and logistic regression to test the association between having a medical home and receiving health care transition services among autistic youth, finding that only 21% met transition-service criteria and that those with a medical home were nearly three times as likely to receive them. 

^#	Anderson, K. A., Sosnowy, C., Kuo, A. A., & Shattuck, P. T. (2018). Transition of individuals with autism to adulthood:  A review of qualitative studies. Pediatrics, 141(Suppl. 4), S318-S327. doi:10.1542/peds.2016-4300I

This study reviewed published qualitative research on the transition to adulthood among autistic individuals to synthesize how youth, families, and providers describe that period and to identify what qualitative evidence contributes beyond population-level outcome studies. 

^#	Roux, A. M., Anderson, K. A., Rast, J. E., Nord, D., & Shattuck, P. T. (2018). Vocational rehabilitation experiences of transition-age youth with autism spectrum disorder across states: Prioritizing modifiable factors for research. Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 49(3), 309-325. doi:10.3233/JVR-180976

This study used a modified two-round Delphi process with 12 subject matter experts to identify and rank modifiable state-level VR policies and practices — capacity, process efficiency, innovation, inter-agency effort, and staff competency — that may drive state variation in service use and employment outcomes for transition-age autistic youth. 

^#	Anderson, K. A., McDonald, T. A., Edsall, D., Smith, L. E., & Taylor, J. L. (2016). Postsecondary expectations of high-school students with autism spectrum disorders. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 31(1), 16-26. doi:10.1177/1088357615610107

This study used semi-structured interviews with 31 autistic high school students and a directed content analysis approach to document their expectations for postsecondary schooling, work, friendships, and living arrangements and to compare how they defined adulthood against the criteria conventionally endorsed in secondary transition planning. 

^#	Anderson, K. A., Shattuck, P. T., Cooper, B. P., Roux, A. M., & Wagner, M. (2014). Prevalence and correlates of postsecondary residential status among young adults with an autism spectrum disorder. Autism, 18(5), 562-570. doi:10.1177/1362361313481860

This study used Wave 5 of the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 to estimate the prevalence of three postsecondary living arrangements among autistic young adults ages 21–25 relative to peers with learning disabilities, intellectual disability, or emotional disturbance, and to identify correlates of residential independence. 

^#	Woodman, A. C., Mailick, M. R., Anderson, K. A., & Esbensen, A. J. (2014). Residential transitions among adults with intellectual disability across 20 years. American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 119(6), 496-515. doi:10.1352/1944-7558-119.6.496

This study used a prospective longitudinal cohort to track residential transitions among 303 adults with intellectual disability over 10 years and 75 adults with Down syndrome over 20 years, testing which individual and family characteristics predicted placement setting and recurrent relocation. 

^#	Smith, L. E., & Anderson, K. A. (2014). The roles and needs of families of adolescents with ASD. Remedial and Special Education, 35(2), 114-122. doi:10.1177/0741932513514616

This article reviewed the literature on the roles families play in the transition out of high school for autistic adolescents, the distinct stressors and support needs those families face, and current evidence on best practices for involving and supporting them in transition planning. 

^#	Roux, A. M., Shattuck, P. T., Cooper, B. P., Anderson, K. A., Wagner, M., & Narendorf, S. C. (2013). Postsecondary employment experiences among young adults with an autism spectrum disorder. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 52(9), 931-939. doi:10.1016/j.jaac.2013.

This study used Wave 5 of the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 to examine paid employment, full-employment rates, wages, number of jobs held, and occupational clustering among autistic young adults ages 21–25 compared with other disability groups, finding the lowest ever-employed rate (53.4%) and significantly lower average wages ($8.10/hour). 

^#	Orsmond, G. I., Shattuck, P. T., Cooper, B. P., Sterzing, P. R., & Anderson, K. A. (2013). Social participation among young adults with an autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 43(11), 2710-2719. doi:10.1007/s10803-013-1833-8

]This study used the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 to compare rates of seeing friends, being contacted by friends, being invited to activities, and social isolation among autistic young adults against peers who received special education for intellectual disability, emotional disturbance, or learning disability, and to identify predictors of lower participation within the autism group. 

Invited Encyclopedia Entries

^#	Anderson, K. A., & Woodman, A. C. (2018). Supported Living. In Ellen B. Braaten (Ed.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (Vol. 1-4, p. 1617-1619). SAGE Publications, Inc. Retrieved from 10.4135/9781483392271

This entry describes the basis for supported living, its fundamental principles, and the types of supported living arrangements available to individuals with ID/DD. 

Nonrefereed Reports

	Anderson, K. A., Roux, A. M., Steinberg, H., Garfield, T., Rast, J. E., Shattuck, P. T., & Shea, L. (2022). National Autism Indicators Report: The Intersection of Autism, Health, Poverty and Racial Inequity. Life Course Outcomes Research Program, A.J. Drexel Autism Institute, Drexel University. Philadelphia PA. 

This report examines income-based differences in health and health care among U.S. children and explores how children and teens ("children" for brevity), with and without caregiver-reported autism, vary by race/ethnicity. We also provide population benchmarks of income-based disparities in health among children with autism. 

^#	Rast, J. E., Garfield, T., Roux, A. M., Anderson, K. A., Koffer Miller, K., Hund, L., Tao, S., Kerns, C. M., Rosenau, K., Hotez, E., Shattuck, P. T., & Shea, L. L. (2021). National Autism Indicators Report: Mental Health. Life Course Outcomes Program, A.J. Drexel Autism Institute, Drexel University. Philadelphia, PA. Retrieved from https://drexel.edu/autismoutcomes/publications-and-reports/publications/NAIR-mentalhealth/

The purpose of this report is to catalogue indicators of mental health and mental health care to highlight areas of needed improvement in practice and policy. 

^#	Rast, J. E., Roux, A. M., Anderson, K. A., Croen, L. A., Kuo, A. A., Shea, L., & Shattuck, P. T. (2020). National Autism Indicators Report: Health and Health Care. Life Course Outcomes Program, A.J. Drexel Autism Institute, Drexel University. Philadelphia, PA. Retrieved from https://drexel.edu/autismoutcomes/publications-and-reports/publications/NAIRHealth/

This report provides indicators of health and health care for autistic persons across the lifespan. Topics covered include overall health, health services, medication, insurance, and accessing services. 

^#	Anderson, K. A., Rast, J. E., Roux, A. M., Garfield, T., & Shattuck, P. T. (2020). National Autism Indicators Report: Children on the Autism Spectrum and Family Financial Hardship. Life Course Outcomes Program, A.J. Drexel Autism Institute, Drexel University. Philadelphia, PA. Retrieved from https://drexel.edu/autismoutcomes/publications-and-reports/publications/NAIR-2020/

This report describes financial hardship among families of children with ASD (ages 3-17 years) and their participation in safety net programs. 

^#	Shattuck, P. T., Rast, J. E., Roux, A. M., Anderson, K. A., Benevides, T., Garfield, T., McGhee Hassrick, E., & Kuo, A. A. (2019). National Autism Indicators Report: High School Students on the Autism Spectrum. Life Course Outcomes Program, A.J. Drexel Autism Institute, Drexel University. Philadelphia, PA. Retrieved from https://drexel.edu/autismoutcomes/publications-and-reports/publications/National-Autism-Indicators-Report-High-School-Students-on-the-Autism-Spectrum/

This report presents updated statistics on indicators of demographics, disability, education, and health. For many of the indicators, we highlight the experiences of low income and minority youth, examining differences in functioning, health, and experiences by household income and race/ethnicity. 

^#	Roux, A. M., Rast, J. E., Anderson, K. A., & Shattuck, P. T. (2017). National Autism Indicators Report: Developmental Disability Services and Outcomes in Adulthood. Life Course Outcomes Program, A.J. Drexel Autism Institute, Drexel University. Philadelphia, PA. Retrieved from https://drexel.edu/autismoutcomes/publications-and-reports/publications/National-Autism-Indicators-Report-Developmental-Disability-Services-and-Outcomes-in-Adulthood/

This report explores the experiences of adults with ASD who used services funded through state Developmental Disability (DD) agencies in 2014-15. We learn more about their characteristics, the quality of their lives, the opportunities they have to participate in their communities, their ability to exercise choice in their lives, and their access to needed services. 

^#	Roux, A. M., Rast, J. E., Anderson, K. A., & Shattuck, P. T. (2016). National Autism Indicators Report: Vocational Rehabilitation. Life Course Outcomes Program, A.J. Drexel Autism Institute, Drexel University. Philadelphia, PA. Retrieved from https://drexel.edu/autismoutcomes/publications-and-reports/publications/National-Autism-Indicators-Report-Vocational-Rehabilitation/

This report provides an almanac of indicators detailing what we know about VR service experiences and employment outcomes for adults with autism. 

^#	Roux, A. M., Rast, J. E., Rava, J., Anderson, K. A., & Shattuck, P. T. (2015). National Autism Indicators Report: Transition into Young Adulthood. Life Course Outcomes Program, A.J. Drexel Autism Institute, Drexel University. Philadelphia, PA. Retrieved from https://drexel.edu/autismoutcomes/publications-and-reports/publications/National-Autism-Indicators-Report-Transition-to-Adulthood/

This report is an almanac of the national indicators currently available on the transition from adolescence to young adulthood. These indicators establish a baseline for tracking whether that transition is improving over time, and they identify where investment is most needed to improve outcomes. 

Presentations

Refereed Presentations at Conferences

For refereed presentations at conferences, 45.5% were international, 45.5% were national, 9.1% were regional in scope.

	Moore, J., Anderson, K. A., & Rast, J. E. (submitted). Who enters treatment and what care do they receive? SUD treatment access and intensity. Presentation submitted for approval.

Society for Social Work and Research 2027 Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA, January 20-24, 2027. 

	Anderson, K. A., Cheatham, L., Radey, M., Rast, J. E., & Font, S. (accepted). Child protective services decision-making pathways and permanency outcomes among children with autism and intellectual disability. Presentation to be given at 58th Annual Gatlinburg Conference, Gatlinburg Conference on Research and Theory in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Minneapolis, MN. (National)

Symposium: From Systems to Survival: How Institutional and Structural Contexts Shape Life-Course Outcomes in Autism and IDD. 

	Therrien, M., Lorio, C., Anderson, K. A., Dolce, E. J., & Kyung, K. (accepted). Disability and foster care: Outcomes for children and implications for speech-language pathologists. Presentation to be given at 2026 Annual Convention, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), Indianapolis, IN. (National)

Meritorious Poster Award recipient. 

	Anderson, K. A., Killian, M. O., Mayewski, S. E., Radey, M., Rast, J. E., & Vasudevan, V. (accepted). Multidimensional economic insecurity and healthcare access among families of children with autism. Poster presentation to be given at 58th Annual Gatlinburg Conference, Gatlinburg Conference on Research and Theory in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Minneapolis, MN. (National)

	Benevides, T. W., Rast, J. E., Lee, B. K., Anderson, K. A., Ventimiglia, J., Jaremski, J. E., Poon, J., Brodkin, E. S., & Shea, L. L. (presented 2026, April). Antipsychotic drug prescribing among transition-age youth on the autism spectrum and other developmental disabilities. Presentation at Annual Meeting, International Society for Autism Research (INSAR), Prague, Czech Republic. (International)

	Anderson, K. A., Radey, M., Rast, J. E., & Killian, M. O. (presented 2025, April). Emerging adulthood transitions and support networks within the context of autism. Poster presentation at Annual Meeting, International Society for Autism Research (INSAR), Seattle, WA. (International)

	Anderson, Kristy, A., Radey, M., Dolce, E. J., & Cheatham, L. P. (presented 2025, April). Maltreatment and foster care placement outcomes among children with autism and intellectual disability: A population-based study. Poster presentation at Annual Meeting, International Society for Autism Research (INSAR), Seattle, WA. (International)

	Anderson, K. A., Radey, M., Bishop, L., Aguirre Mtanous, Nahime G., Koenig, J., & Shea, L. L. (presented 2025, March). Material hardship and sources of support for autistic adolescents and their families. Poster presentation at Southeast Regional Clinical and Translational Science, Georgia Clinical & Translational Science Alliance, Pine Mountain, GA. (Regional)

	Wetherby, A., & Anderson, K. A. (presented 2025, March). The Baby Navigator platform: Enhancing early identification of communication disorders and autism. Presentation at Southeast Regional Clinical and Translational Science Conference, Georgia Clinical & Translational Science Alliance, Pine Mountain, GA. (Regional)

	Anderson, K. A., Mayewski, S. E., & Killian, M. O. (presented 2024, January). Care coordination among healthcare providers of autistic children and adolescents. Presentation at Annual Conference, Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR), Washington, DC. (National)

Seminar series: Interpersonal Communication Processes Among Adolescents and Young Adults in Healthcare. 

	Anderson, K. A., Cooper, D., Shea, L. L., & McDonald, T. A. (presented 2023, November). Government and research policies and practices that limit understanding of physical health(care): Disparities and inequities among autistic adults and people with I/DD. Presentation at Annual Meeting, Association of University Centers on Disabilities, Washington, DC. (National)

Seminar series: Health, Wellness, Recreation & Related Issues. 

	Radey, M., Millender, E., McWey, L., Wu, J., & Anderson, K. A. (presented 2023, October). Disparate effects of safety nets on maternal psychological distress. Presentation at 59th National Conference, National Association for Welfare Research and Statistics, Salt Lake City, UT. (National)

	Anderson, K. A., Ventimiglia, J., Lee, Wei-Lin, & Shea, L. L. (presented 2023, May). Supplemental Security Income (SSI) enrollment among working-age Medicaid beneficiaries with autism. Poster presentation at Annual Meeting, International Society for Autism Research (INSAR), Stockholm, Sweden. (International)

	Roux, A. M., Anderson, K. A., & Garfield, T. (presented 2022, February). Development of a protocol for measuring the transition odyssey of youth on the autism spectrum: Parent perspectives. Presentation at Annual Meeting, International Neuropsychological Society, Virtual. (International)

^#	Rast, J. E., Shattuck, P. T., Roux, A. M., & Anderson, K. A. (presented 2019, November). Racial disparities in the use of mental health services and psychotropic medication among children with autism spectrum disorder. Presentation at Annual Meeting and Expo, American Public Health Association, Philadelphia, PA. (National)

^#	Anderson, K. A., Hemmeter, J., Rast, J. E., Roux, A. M., & Shattuck, P. T. (presented 2019, July). National and state-level trends in adult Supplemental Security Income (SSI) awardees with ASD: 2005-2017. Poster presentation at Autism CARES Meeting, Health Resources and Services Administration, Washington, DC. (National)

^#	Anderson, K. A., Hemmeter, J., Rast, J. E., Roux, A. M., & Shattuck, P. T. (presented 2019, May). National and state-level trends in adult Supplemental Security Income (SSI) awardees with ASD: 2005-2017. Poster presentation at Annual Meeting, International Society for Autism Research (INSAR), Montreal, Canada. (International)

^#	Anderson, K. A., Rast, J. E., Roux, A. M., & Shattuck, P. T. (presented 2018, January). Changing characteristics of SSI recipients with autism over a decade: A cross-cohort comparison. Presentation at Annual Conference, Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR), Washington, DC. (National)

^#	Anderson, K. A., Rast, J. E., Wittenburg, D., Roux, A. M., & Shattuck, P. T. (presented 2018, January). Participation in government safety-net programs among households of transition-age youth with autism. Poster presentation at Annual Conference, : Society for Social Work and Research (SSW R), Washington, DC. (National)

^#	Anderson, K. A., Hemmeter, J., Rast, J. E., Sosnowy, C., Roux, A. M., & Shattuck, P. T. (presented 2017, May). The conditions and characteristics of adult Supplemental Security Income recipients with autism. Poster presentation at Annual Meeting, International Society for Autism Research (INSAR), San Francisco, CA. (International)

^#	Roux, A. M., Rast, J. E., Anderson, K. A., & Shattuck, P. T. (presented 2016, May). National Autism Indicators Report 2016: Vocational rehabilitation services and outcomes. Poster presentation at Annual Meeting, International Society for Autism Research (INSAR), Baltimore, MD. (International)

^#	Anderson, K. A., Rast, J. E., & Shattuck, P. T. (presented 2015, October). Autistic adults' feelings of loneliness and well-being after high school. Poster presentation at 7th Biennial Conference, Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood, Miami, FL. (International)

^#	Rast, J. E., Anderson, K. A., & Shattuck, P. T. (presented 2015, October). Postsecondary expectations of parents of children with autism spectrum disorder. Poster presentation at 7th Biennial Conference, Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood, Miami, FL. (International)

^#	Kuo, A. A., Shattuck, P. T., Crapnell, T., & Anderson, K. A. (presented 2015, July). Health Care Transitions Research Network (HCT-RN) for youth and young adults with autism spectrum disorder. Presentation at Autism CARES Meeting, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Bethesda, MD. (National)

^#	Kuo, A. A., Crapnell, T., Anderson, K. A., & Shattuck, P. T. (presented 2015, July). The current landscape and gaps in research and practice in autism and transition: Perspectives from stakeholders. Presentation at Autism CARES Meeting, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Bethesda, MD. (National)

^#	Anderson, K. A., & Haley-Lock, A. (presented 2015, January). Pre-ACA job lock: Evidence from a national study of the United States workforce. Presentation at Annual Conference, Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR), New Orleans, LA. (National)

Seminar series: Improving the Conditions of Low-Wage and At-Risk Employment: Identifying the Problems and Their Solutions. 

Refereed Workshops

For refereed workshops, 100.0% were national in scope.

^#	Anderson, K. A., Rast, J. E., & Shattuck, P. T. (2017, January). Using Administrative and Secondary Datasets to Advance Policy and Practice: Lessons from Disability Research. Workshop delivered at Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR), New Orleans, LA. (National)

Presentation: Building a platform for compiling, reporting, and disseminating national benchmark indicators that can be used to improve autism policies and systems of care. 

Invited Lectures and Readings of Original Work

For invited lectures and readings of original work, 100.0% were national in scope.

	Anderson, Kristy, A. (2023, October). How can we use big data to achieve health equity for transition-aged autistic youth? Delivered at Autism Transitions Research Project (ATRP) Table Talk Series, Virtual. (National)

	Anderson, Kristy, A. (2023, September). HCBS and waiver services: How research can support policy recommendations. Delivered at Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) & A.J. Drexel Autism Institute, Virtual. (National)

Panelist. 

	Anderson, Kristy, A. (2022, April). The intersection of autism, health, poverty, and racial equity. Delivered at Association of University Centers on Disability Webinar Series. (National)

Invited presenter. 

Contracts and Grants

Contracts and Grants Funded

	Anderson, Kristy, A., Radey, M., Killian, M. O., & Rast, J. (2024–2026). The economic and healthcare impacts of COVID-19 on adolescents with autism. Funded by Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Autism Secondary Data Analysis Program. (1 R43MC53075‐01‐00). Total award $119,763. 

Role: Principal Investigator. Used the National Survey of Children's Health and the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study to assess the economic and healthcare impacts of COVID-19 among adolescents and young adults with autism, including context-specific effects by race, ethnicity, and income. Grant-supported products: two published articles (Radey et al., 2025, JADD; Rast et al., in press, IDD), one manuscript under revision at Autism Research, one in preparation, and two accepted presentations at the 2026 Gatlinburg Conference. 

	Wetherby, A., Anderson, K. A., Delehanty, A., Slate, E., & Hooker, J. (Aug 2023–Jul 2024). Investigating Early Social Communication Trajectories of Late Talking Toddlers to Best Predict Language Outcomes for the NIH TALK Initiative. Funded by National Institutes of Health, Tackling Acquisition of Language in Kids (TALK) Initiative, R01 Supplement. Total award $572,142. 

Role: Co-Investigator. PI: Amy M. Wetherby.  (Supplement Application) NOT-DC-23-005: Early Supplement for Tackling Acquisition of Language in Kids (TALK) Initiative. 

	Anderson, Kristy, A. (Jul 2023–Jun 2025). A preliminary feasibility study of an online social-needs screener and referral tool for underserved households of children with autism. Funded by UF/FSU Clinical and Translational Science Institute, NIH KL2 Career Development Award. (1KL2TR001429). Total award $293,406. 

Role: KL2 Scholar. Developed and pilot-tested an online social-needs screening and referral tool for underserved households of children with autism, examining feasibility and acceptability in a clinical setting. Grant-supported products: one published article (Anderson et al., 2025, Autism) and two presentations at the 2025 Southeast Regional Clinical and Translational Science Conference. 

	Anderson, Kristy, A. (May 2023–Aug 2023). Material hardship among households of children with autism: The role of income and family financial burden. Funded by Florida State University Council on Research and Creativity, First-Year Assistant Professor Award. Total award $20,000. 

Role: Principal Investigator. Examined the distribution, parameters, and determinants of material hardship among a nationally representative sample of households of adolescents with autism, distinguishing material hardship from income poverty. Supported Anderson et al. (2025), Autism, 29(6), 1415-1430. 

	Anderson, Kristy, A. (2022–2025). Autism Transitions Research Project (ATRP) HRSA-11-099. Funded by Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), subaward from Drexel University. (UJ2MC31073). Total award $54,913. 

Role: Site Principal Investigator. Multi-site HRSA cooperative agreement examining service systems, health care access, and economic outcomes for autistic transition-age youth and young adults using national Medicaid, survey, and administrative data. Grant-supported products: seven peer-reviewed articles, four as lead author, in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Autism, Autism Research, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, and Academic Pediatrics, plus three conference presentations. 

^#	Anderson, Kristy, A., Shattuck, P. T., & Hemmeter, J. (Jan 2017–Dec 2017). Usage Trends and Characteristics of SSI Recipients on the Autism Spectrum. Funded by Organization for Autism Research, Applied Research Grant. Total award $29,938. 

Role: Principal Investigator. Used Social Security Administration program data to assess the prevalence, trends, and composition of SSI beneficiaries with autism. Grant-supported products: two lead-author articles (Anderson et al., 2020, Psychiatric Services; Anderson et al., 2022, JADD) and three conference presentations at SSWR, INSAR, and the 2019 Autism CARES Meeting. 

^#	Anderson, Kristy, A. (2017–2017). Employment experiences and outcomes of transition age Supplemental Security Income recipients with Autism. Funded by Social Security Administration, Analyzing Relationships Between Disability, Rehabilitation, and Work (ARDRAW) Small Grant Program. Total award $10,000. 

Role: Principal Investigator. Used Social Security Administration administrative records to examine the prevalence and correlates of postsecondary employment among transition-age SSI recipients with autism. Findings presented at the International Society for Autism Research 2017 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA., and the 2018 Society for Social Work Research Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. 

Contracts and Grants Pending

	Boel-Studt, S., & Anderson, Kristy, A. (Jul 2026). Crisis-to-residential pathways for autistic youth with high-acuity needs: Caregiver-informed model. Submitted to Organization for Autism Research, Applied Research Grant. Total award $50,000. 

Role: Co-Principal Investigator. PI: Shamra Boel-Studt. Full proposal submitted July 24, 2026; decision pending. 

	Anderson, Kristy, A., & French, A. (Jul 2026). Development and content validation of an extended reality tolerance assessment for autistic adolescents and young adults. Submitted to U.S. Department of Defense, Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs, Autism Research Program, Idea Development Award. Total award $750,000. 

Role: Initiating Principal Investigator. Partnering PI: Aaron French, Kennesaw State University. Pre-application submitted July 27, 2026; invitation decision pending. 

Contracts and Grants Denied

	Boel-Studt, S., & Anderson, Kristy, A. (Jul 2026). Training First Responders. Submitted to Florida Developmental Disabilities Council, Inc. (FDDC). Unspecified award amount. 

Role: Co-Lead.  Request for Bids #2026-BH-9600. Co-Lead (Project Lead: Shamra Boel-Studt, Institute for Quality Children's Services, FSU College of Social Work). Competitively bid 12-month contract, October 1, 2026–September 30, 2027. 100% federal funds, CFDA #93.630, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, through FDDC. 

	Cheatham, L., Anderson, K. A., & Radey, M. (Mar 2024). Understanding Youth with Disabilities: The Intersection of Child Welfare and Healthcare System Involvement. Submitted to Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) Extramural Large Grants 2024–2026 Mechanism, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Total award $50,000. 

Role: Co-Principal Investigator. Total request 50,000 over 24 months (6/1/2024–5/31/2026); FSU subaward 25,000 through The University of Alabama (PI: Leah P. Cheatham). Invited to submit full proposal following January 2024 letter of interest. 

	Wetherby, A., & Anderson, K. A. (May 2023). Earlier is Better: Nationwide RCT of Baby Navigator Early Social Interaction (ESI) Telehealth Treatment Model for Families of Babies with Autism at 12 Months. Submitted to Department of Defense. Unspecified award amount. 

Role: Co-Investigator. 

	Anderson, Kristy, A., & Oehme, K. (Mar 2023). Protocol for Law Enforcement Officer Training on Neurodiversity. Submitted to Organization for Autism Research, Applied Research Grant. Total award $50,000. 

Invited Media and Public Engagement

	Roux, A. M., & Anderson, K. A. (2023). Episode 26: How income and race impact autistic health outcomes. Mom Autism Money Podcast. 

https://momautismmoney.com/autistic-health-outcomes/. 

^#	Shea, L., & Anderson, K. A. (2021). Episode 8: Autism and Medicaid. Mom Autism Money Podcast. 

Invited guest. https://momautismmoney.com/autism-medicaid/. 

Media Coverage of Research

	NA. (2023). Kids with autism growing up in middle-class families have the worst health outcomes, and it comes down to money. Business Insider. 

https://www.businessinsider.com/personal-finance/middle-income-children-with-autism-face-unique-medical-challenges-2023-5. 

^#	NA. (2021). For American families with children on the autism spectrum, financial challenges often go hand in hand with diagnosis. Exel: Drexel University Research Magazine. 

https://exelmagazine.org/article/autism-and-financial-hardship/. 

^#	Ball, E. (2020). Almost one-third of autistic children in the United States live in poverty. Spectrum News. 

https://www.spectrumnews.org/news/more-than-half-of-autistic-children-in-united-states-live-in-poverty/. 

^#	NA. (2020). Households of children with autism experience higher levels of hardship than households of children with other special needs. Open Minds. 

https://openminds.com/market-intelligence/news/households-of-children-with-autism-experience-higher-levels-of-than-households-of-children-with-other-special-needs/. 

^#	NA. (2020). Adults with autism who received Supplemental Security Income benefits increased by 326.8% between 2005 and 2015. Open Minds. 

Coverage of Anderson, Hemmeter, Rast, Roux, & Shattuck (2020), Psychiatric Services. https://openminds.com/market-intelligence/news/adults-with-autism-who-received-supplemental-security-income-benefits-increased-by-326-8-between-2005-2015/. 

^#	Escher, J. (2020). New study shows sharply increasing number of adults with autism in SSI system. National Council on Severe Autism. 

Coverage of Anderson, Hemmeter, Rast, Roux, & Shattuck (2020), Psychiatric Services. https://www.ncsautism.org/blog/new-study-shows-sharply-increasing-numbers-of-adults-with-autism-in-ssi-system. 

Service

Florida State University

FSU College Service

	Committee Member, Academic Affairs (2024–present).

	Committee Member, Student Affairs (2024–2026).

FSU Institute or Center Service

	Member, College of Social Work Representative, Executive Planning Committee, FSU Autism Institute (2026–present).

Six-member committee setting strategic priorities for the expanded institute, with representation from the Colleges of Medicine, Arts and Sciences, Social Work, Communication and Information, Anne's College, and patient advocacy. 

The Profession

Editor for Refereed Journals

	Consulting Editor, Health & Social Work (2023–present).

Guest Reviewer for Refereed Journals

	Autism in Adulthood (2025–present).

	Pediatrics (2025–present).

	BMJ Open (2023–present).

^#	Journal of Disability Policy Studies (2017–present).

^#	American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (2016–present).

^#	Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (2016–present).

^#	PLOS ONE (2015–present).

Reviewer or Panelist for Grant Applications

^#	Organization for Autism Research (2017–present).

Applied Research Grant, annual review. 

	New Jersey Department of Health, Governor's Council for Medical Research and Treatment of Autism (2024).

^#	Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) (2021).

Objective Review Committee, Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Other Related Disabilities (LEND) Program, HRSA-21-041. 

Service to Professional Associations

	Abstract Reviewer, 2027 Annual Conference, Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) (2026).

Service to Other Universities

	Research Mentor, ATRP Community Scholars Program, A.J. Drexel Autism Institute, Drexel University (2024–2025). 

Autism Transitions Research Project (ATRP). 

^#	Faculty Mentor, AIR-P Scholars Program, A.J. Drexel Autism Institute, Drexel University (2021–2023). 

Autism Intervention Research Network on Physical Health Scholars Program (AIR-P). 

The Community

	Advisory Board Member, Collaborate on university-community partnerships, review program materials, and contribute to strategic planning aimed at reducing racial disparities in autism services, Blautism, Inc. and Blautism Education LLC, Tallahassee, FL (2023–present).

501(c)(3) nonprofit addressing autism through the lens of rural, socioeconomic, racial, cultural, and familial diversity, with a focus on Black autistic youth and their families. 

	Invited Author, Invited to prepare an executive summary of autism-related research with policy recommendations for the Florida Legislature, Florida State University Office of Governmental Relations (2024).

Recommendations addressed eligibility and enrollment simplification, Medicaid waiver capacity and income eligibility, and statewide data integration, drawing on my research on automatic Medicaid enrollment under the 1634 state approach and on linked child welfare and Medicaid data in Florida. 

^#	Board Member, Governance and oversight for a nonprofit providing residential and community services to adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, MARCH, Inc., Manchester, CT (2019–2020).

Consultation

	Florida Institute for Child Welfare, Florida State University. Curriculum consultation for THINK: Training to Harness and Integrate Neurodiversity Knowledge, a self-paced learning track on neurodevelopmental differences and cognitive variation for child welfare professionals (2023).

Developed with the FSU Institute for Trauma and Resilience Studies. Available through the Florida Institute for Child Welfare Learning on Demand platform. 

	Institute for Trauma and Resilience Studies, Florida State University College of Social Work. Curriculum consultation for the Professional Certification in The Fundamentals of Neurodivergence, a ten-hour online certification course for multidisciplinary professionals and policymakers (2023).

Five chapters of evidence-based readings, case scenarios, multimedia materials, assignments, and quizzes. Offered with continuing education credit. 

^#	Jewish Family and Children's Services, Philadelphia, PA. Quality assurance evaluation of programs and services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (2015–2016).

^#	St. Louis ARC, St. Louis, MO. Quality assurance evaluation of programs and services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (2011–2012).

^#	Professional activities that occurred prior to my employment at FSU.