Table 1.
Baseline demographic characteristics of Participants Receiving the Community Autism Specialist (CAPS) Service (n = 29)
| Program participants | |
|---|---|
| n (%) | |
| Gender | |
| Male | 23 (79.3) |
| Female | 5 (17.2) |
| Other | 1 (3.4) |
| Race and Ethnicity | |
| Black | 12 (41.1) |
| White | 13 (44.8) |
| Hispanic | 4 (13.8) |
| Age | |
| Average Age (SD) | 19.7 (6.1) |
| Age Range | 14 to 41 |
| Intellectual Disability | 1 (3.4) |
| Mental health Diagnoses | |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder | 8 (27.6) |
| Depression | 6 (20.7) |
| Anxiety | 9 (31) |
| Posttraumatic Stress Disorder | 2 (6.9) |
| Bipolar | 2 (6.9) |
| Any mental health diagnosis | 14 (48.3) |
| Raw SRS-2 Score | 95.9 (23.4) |
| SRS-2 Category | |
| Normal range | 2 (7.1) |
| Mild range | 7 (25.0) |
| Moderate range | 13 (46.4) |
| Severe range | 6 (21.4) |
| Employed | 2 (6.9) |
| Average Number of Desired Needs | 9.4 (4.3) |
| Number of peers who visited an emergency room, hospital, or crisis center for mental health, psychiatric, or emotional help at any point in their life | 9 (31.0) |
| Average number of visits to an emergency room, hospital, or crisis center for mental health, psychiatric, or emotional help at any point in their life | 1.3 (2.9) |
| Number of peers who visited an emergency room, hospital, or crisis center for mental health, psychiatric, or emotional help in the last 12 months | 4 (13.8) |
| Average number of visits to an emergency room, hospital, or crisis center for mental health, psychiatric, or emotional help in the past 12 months | 0.4 (1.3) |