Study Finds a Racial Gap in the Timing of Diagnoses of Autism Disorders

In this study involving 584 African American children at four autism centers across the United States, the average African American child already was almost 5½ years old at the time of diagnosis. White children are diagnosed an average of six months earlier.

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of blacks in higher education 2020-09
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	African American Children African Americans Autism Cognition & reasoning Elementary Education Elementary Schools Minority Group Children Minority Groups Pediatrics Thinking Skills
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Zusammenfassung:	In this study involving 584 African American children at four autism centers across the United States, the average African American child already was almost 5½ years old at the time of diagnosis. White children are diagnosed an average of six months earlier.
ISSN:	2326-6023