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ArticleAutism : the international journal of research and practice2024

Examining the associations among knowledge, empowerment, and advocacy among parents of transition-aged youth with autism.

Chak Li, W Catherine Cheung, Meghan M Burke, Julie Lounds Taylor, Leann S DaWalt

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Article in Autism : the international journal of research and practice, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. The Effect of a Parent Advocacy Intervention on Service Access for Autistic Youth: The Moderating Role of Baseline Advocacy Ability.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2026
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  3. Navigating Adult Disability Services by Latino Families of Youth with Autism.Journal of developmental and physical disabilities · 2025
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  4. The Role of Parent Advocacy in Autistic Youths' Self-Determination.American journal on intellectual and developmental disabilities · 2025
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5 authors.

Chak LiVanderbilt University, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8838-4464
W Catherine CheungNorthern Illinois University, USA.
Meghan M BurkeVanderbilt University, USA.
Julie Lounds TaylorNorthern Illinois University, USA.
Leann S DaWaltUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.

Funding

Overall: Eunice Kennedy Shriver Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center at VanderbiltP50HD103537 · NICHD · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI Jeffrey L Neul · 2020 to 2026
$10.3M
Improving Transition Outcomes for Youth with Autism through Parent Advocacy Training: A Multi-State Randomized Controlled TrialR01MH116058 · NIMH · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI TAYLOR, JULIE LOUNDS · 2019 to 2023
$4.1M
NICHD NIH HHS P50 HD103537NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH116058
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

lay abstractParents of individuals with autism face many challenges in finding appropriate services and support for their children, and they also play an important role in advocating for their children's rights and needs. Despite the increasing availability of advocacy programs, it is still uncertain how to best encourage parents to advocate for their children. This study explored the connection between parents' knowledge and sense of empowerment, and how these factors relate to three types of advocacy activities (i.e. individual, peer, and systemic). The findings reveal that feeling empowered has a greater impact on advocacy than simply having knowledge. In addition, the study found that individual advocacy correlates to more peer advocacy, which also correlates to more systemic advocacy. These results can help researchers and professionals to better develop programs to increase parent advocacy and, in turn, help improve the lives of individuals with autism.

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Autistic DisorderEmpowermentParentsAdolescentAdultChildChild AdvocacyFemaleHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHumansMaleMiddle AgedPatient AdvocacyYoung Adultadvocacyautismempowermentknowledgeparentstransition

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PMID38270137
PMCPMC11269520

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