A mixed-methods study of autistic adults' healthcare independence over time.

Background: Healthcare independence refers to an individual's ability to participate in and manage their healthcare by using specific skills like communicating with providers and scheduling appointments. Understanding healthcare independence among autistic young adults is important to designing healthcare systems that provide equitable support for autistic people throughout their lives.

Objective: To quantify changes in autistic adults' healthcare independence over time and understand factors associated with change in healthcare independence.

Comparing Kidney Transplant Rates and Outcomes Among Adults With and Without Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

Importance: Improving equity in organ transplant access for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) is a topic of social discourse in mainstream media, state legislation, and national legislation. However, few studies have compared evaluation rates, transplant rates, and outcomes among adults with and without IDD.

Objective: To compare rates of kidney transplant and transplant-specific outcomes between propensity-score matched groups of adults with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD [also referred to as end-stage renal disease (ESRD)]) with and without co-occurring IDD.