Table 4.

Multilevel Model of Rates of Change Before and After High School Exit in Daily Living Skills Age Equivalent (DLS-AE)

Vineland DLS-AE (N = 91)	Coefficient	SE	95% CI
High school exit	23.26**	7.34	8.86	37.66
Participant age	.48***	.03	.42	.54
Age x high school exit	−.98**	.37	−1.72	−.25
Race covariate	−.51*	.20	−.92	−.11
Adult IQ covariate	2.11***	.40	1.31	2.91
Caregiver education covariate	−.04	.34	−.72	.62
ADOS CSS covariate	−.09	.10	−.30	.10
DLS-AE Trajectory Group	.87	.96	.10	7.58

Note: ADOS = Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule; CSS = calibrated severity scores.

^*p < .05,;

^**p <.01;

^***p ≤ .001.