Racial Disparity in Administrative Autism Identification Across the United States During 2000 and 2007

Journal of Special Education

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 155-166

  Travers, Jason C ^a   Krezmien, Michael P ^a   Mulcahy, Candace ^b   Tincani, Matthew ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

autism; disability prevalence; disproportionality; racial disparity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908564228     PISSN: 00224669     EISSN: 15384764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022466912454014     Document Type: Article

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