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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
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Andrea Trubanova Wieckowski; Georgina Perez Liz; Ashley de Marchena; Deborah A. Fein; Marianne L. Barton; Giacomo Vivanti; Diana L. Robins – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2024
Universal autism screening is recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics at 18 and 24 months. However, many children are not identified until after the age of 4 years, and some not until adulthood, either due to mild or no indication of symptoms early in development, or to co-occurring conditions which may overshadow autism symptoms. This…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Toddlers, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Parent Attitudes