AUCD: Poster Symposium: Advocacy: Finding Our Voice: Black Mothers Navigating ASD Diagnosis and Services
Download |
Finding Our Voice: Black Mothers Navigating ASD Diagnosis and Services [download] |
Presenter
Elizabeth Morgan, Ed.M., Program Coordinator/FacultyUC Davis at the MIND Institute, UCEDD/LEND
Description
Utilizing Community Partnered Participatory Research (CPPR) techniques, this poster will discuss the challenges that Black mothers of children with autism face during diagnosis, early intervention, and in critical transitions during school. This poster will discuss the specific themes extracted and make suggestions for systems change interventions that could ameliorate the process and bridge the gaps to help Black families become effective advocates for their children.Back to Session: Poster Symposium: Advocacy