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A Preliminary Trial of an Early Surveillance Program for Autism and Developmental Delays within General Practices
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Lisa Karlov; Anne Masi; Antonia Mendoza Diaz; Feroza Khan; Teresa Winata; Melissa Gilbert; Radhika Nair; Cheryl Dissanayake; Josephine Barbaro; Valsamma Eapen; Ifrah Abdullahi; Ifrah Abdullahi; Joseph Descallar; John Eastwood; Iqbal Hasan; Bin Jalaludin; Jane Kohlhoff; S. T. Liaw; Raghu Lingam; Natalie Ong; Chun Wah Michael Tam; Katy Unwin; Katrina Williams; Sue Woolfenden – Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 2025
There are inequities in engagement with established early childhood developmental surveillance programs, eclipsing disadvantaged families. The current study sought to address this by dovetailing developmental surveillance with immunization visits and other opportunistic contacts with children at general practices). While 53 General Practices were…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Diagnostic Tests, Children, Young Children
Perspectives of Black Parents of Young Adults with High Incidence Disabilities on the Postsecondary Planning Process
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Erin Peace Kilpatrick – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Black parents of young adults with high incidence disabilities provide salient support to their children during and after postsecondary planning processes in high school. These parents serve a vital role concerning their child with high incidence disabilities' postsecondary planning processes. School counselors are well-positioned as social…
Descriptors: Blacks, Parents, Young Adults, Students with Disabilities
Navigating the U.S. Educational System: Perspectives of Kenyan Immigrant Students Labelled with Dis/Abilities and Their Families
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Nyegenye Sylvia Nabwire – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Black African immigrants from Kenya, like other immigrants, value school. They consider education as a mechanism of upward mobility. School is considered as the key to a better life that would provide access to social mobility, and economic stability for immigrant families as they settle in their new home. But unknown to immigrant students and…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Blacks, Labeling (of Persons), Disability Identification
Intersectionality Dis/ability Research: How Dis/ability Research in Education Engages Intersectionality to Uncover the Multidimensional Construction of Dis/abled Experiences
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Hernández-Saca, David I.; Gutmann Kahn, Laurie; Cannon, Mercedes A. – Review of Research in Education, 2018
The purpose of this chapter is to systematically review the research within the field of education that explicitly examined how various social constructions of identity intersect with dis/ability to qualitatively affect young adults' experiences by asking the following question: What are the key findings in education research focusing on youth and…
Descriptors: Special Education, Cultural Influences, Disadvantaged, Power Structure