Table 2.

Participant Demographics

Part #	Age (years)	Language	Ethnicity	Diagnosis	Gender	Household	Distance	Healthplan
1 c	3	Spanish	Hispanic	ASD a	Female	2P, 1S	64	Medicaid
2	5	English	White	ASD, Level 3	Male	2P, 0S	64	Medicaid
3	5	Spanish	Hispanic	ASD, Level 3	Male	2P, 1S	100 b	Medicaid
4	5	English	White/black	ASD, Level 1	Female	1P, 0S	0	Medicaid
5	6	English	Hispanic	ASD, Level 2	Male	1P, 1S	46 b	Medicaid
6	7	English	Hispanic	ASD, Level 1	Male	2G, 0S	89 b	Medicaid
7	8	English	Hispanic	ASD, Level 1	Female	1P, 2S	95 b	Medicaid
8 c	7	Spanish	Hispanic	ASD, Level 2	Male	2P, 1S	64	Medicaid
9	8	English	White	ASD, Level 1	Female	2P, 1S	0	Commercial
10	10	English	White	ASD, Level 2	Male	1P, 2G	175 b	Medicaid
11	10	English	White	ASD, Level 1	Male	2P, 3S	90 b	Medicaid
12	11	English	Hispanic	ASD, Level 3	Male	1P, 0S	0	Medicaid
13	14	English	Hispanic	ASD, Level 1	Male	2P, 1S	0	Commercial
14	19	English	Hispanic	ASD a	Male	1P, 4S	0	Medicaid
15	19	English	Hispanic	ASD, Level 3	Female	1P, 1S	166 b	Medicaid
16	20	English	White	ASD, Level 2	Male	1P, 0S	108 b	Medicaid
17	28	English	White	ASD a	Female	NA	89 b	Medicaid

Note. Part. = Participant, ASD = Autism Spectrum Disorder. Levels refer to the levels of support per Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, fifth edition DSM‐V (Level 1 = Requiring Support; Level 2 = Requiring substantial support; Level 3 = Requiring very substantial support). P = Parent, G = Grandparent, S = Sibling

^a Participants were diagnosed using the DSM‐IV.

^b Participants must cross state lines to access specialty healthcare in the nearest metropolitan city.

^c Participants are siblings.