Over the past three years, Virginia’s behavioral health transformation has moved from a system unable to meet the needs of people in crisis to one that delivers faster access and stronger support for individuals and families. The behavioral health transformation initiative, dubbed Right Help, Right Now, started in December 2022 with Virginia’s legislature providing $1.4 billion in investments and enacting more than 60 bipartisan laws. The state’s administration also implemented 130 coordinated initiatives.

Right Help, Right Now included six pillars of initiatives to support behavioral health change throughout the Commonwealth. For example, over the past three . . .

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Autism & I/DD

Intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) are a physical and/or cognitive impairments that occur before the age of 22. Autism spectrum disorder is generally considered a type of developmental disability that affects behaviour and communication. The autism and I/DD market provides supports and health care services to these populations. Over the past decade, there has been an increase in the changes and challenges affecting I/DD and autism markets—the move to managed care and value-based care, the shift away from residential treatment, the increasing emphasis on consumer-directed care, and new workforce challenges.


About 90% of children with autism in Chile have at least one medical comorbidity. More than half had insomnia (61%) or were overweight (52%). About 28% had allergic rhinitis or atopic dermatitis, and 27% had constipation. Researchers analyzed a retrospective chart review of 544 children diagnosed with autism between 2015 and 2023 at a specialized pediatric neurodevelopmental center in Chile. The children’s comorbid medical conditions were identified through standardized caregiver interviews, clinical examination, body measurements,… Read