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Emma Healy – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The shortage of autism specialists and lack of culturally sensitive autism assessment tools are helping to perpetuate racial and ethnic disparities in autism identification and treatment. Using DisCrit as a framework, this quantitative study examined the utility of one autism assessment tool, the Social Responsiveness Scale, second edition (SRS-2)…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Student Evaluation, Diagnostic Tests, Disability Identification
Jorem Emmillian Awadu – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The lack of validated autism spectrum disorder (ASD) screening instruments hampers rehabilitation efforts for children with ASD in Africa. In the present study, the psychometric properties of two ASD screening instruments, that have been well-validated in the United States (US) context, were examined in the Ugandan context. These instruments were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Screening Tests, Disability Identification
Kamya Vijayakrishnan – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Social skills are vital to everyday life; home being the first place to learn these skills. Lack of such skills is a characteristic of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) (Gray, 2004). This lack of social skills negatively impacts autistic children to excel in the school and community environment. They have a hard time maintaining social…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Students with Disabilities, Charter Schools, Autism Spectrum Disorders