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Straiton, Diondra; Sridhar, Aksheya – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2022
Anti-Black racism is a pervasive issue in the autism field that affects the autism service pathway, which ranges from identification of concerns to ongoing service navigation. In this short report, we provide a working model of the autism service pathway and highlight ways in which anti-Black racism affects all components of the pathway. We…
Descriptors: Racial Bias, Blacks, African Americans, Autism
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Sansosti, Frank J.; Lavik, Katherine B.; Sansosti, Jenine M. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2012
The primary aim of this study was to investigate common family experiences during the autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnostic process, and the child and family variables that may relate to different diagnostic outcomes. A secondary aim of this study was to evaluate families' knowledge of the research support for various interventions. To…
Descriptors: Autism, Clinical Diagnosis, Disability Identification, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Lord, Catherine; Bishop, Somer L. – Society for Research in Child Development, 2010
Recent prevalence rates for autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are now estimated at about 1 in 110 children in the U.S. Increases in public awareness and research funding in response to the growing numbers of children and adults with this disorder have led to numerous important scientific advances over the last several years. Nevertheless, because…
Descriptors: Incidence, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Clinical Diagnosis