Improving Initial Age of Diagnosis for Children from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities: Asking Parents

April 17, 2019

Pang Chaxiong, MNLEND, and Alefyah Shipchandler, MN ADDM GRA, will present at INSAR in May 2019, with ICI's Dr. Jennifer Hall-Lande.

Pang Chaxiong (MN LEND Fellow), Alefyah Shipchandler, (graduate research assistant), and Dr. Jennifer Hall-Lande (researcher and MN LEND faculty), all with the Institute on Community Integration, University of Minnesota, will be presenting a poster-- Improving Initial Age of Diagnosis for Children from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CLD) Communities: Asking the Parents-- at this year's INSAR meeting in Montreal, Canada in May. They will present preliminary findings from a survey study examining Caucasian and Hmong caregiver experiences with the diagnostic process. Findings from a previously conducted systematic literature review, examining what parents report were barriers and facilitators to obtaining a diagnosis of ASD for their child, will also supplement survey results and be discussed. The results from this study will inform strategies for supporting CLD parents, particularly Hmong parents, in obtaining a diagnosis of ASD for their child earlier. This work is important as the significance of early intervention warrants efforts to identify potential strategies for supporting CLD parents in obtaining an earlier diagnosis of ASD for their child.