URADD / UT-ADDM

The Utah Registry of Autism and Developmental Disabilities (URADD) was established in 2002 as a joint effort between the Utah Department of Health and the University of Utah Department of Psychiatry. The goal of URADD is to determine the number and characteristics of persons in Utah with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other developmental disabilities (DD). URADD uses a passive, population-based system to identify persons with ASD based on a community medical diagnosis of ASD and/or an autism special education eligibility.

The information gathered by URADD and UT-ADDM is used to:

Inform public policy decisions
Plan for ASD and DD-related services
Improve community awareness of ASD and DD
Increase community access to ASD and DD screening tools
Lower the age at which a child is first identified with ASD or DD
Study the causes of and outcomes related to ASD