A Multiyear National Profile of Racial Disparity in Autism Identification

Journal of Special Education

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 41-49

  Travers, Jason C ^a   Tincani, Matt ^b   Krezmien, Michael P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

autism; disproportionate representation; identification; prevalence; race

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875799692     PISSN: 00224669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022466911416247     Document Type: Article

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