Analyzing Community-Based Support Requests Made by Black Families Raising Autistic Children.

Purpose: Black families experience additional barriers to accessing autism-related supports compared to White families. Community organizations can help mitigate the negative impact of systemic inequities and lack of support that Black caregivers of autistic family members experience. Little is known about the types of support Black families seek from these organizations.

The Scholarly Neglect of Black Autistic Adults in Autism Research.

Black autistic individuals, regardless of age, have not been centered in autism research. Instead, they often exist on the margins-on the periphery of autism research. In fact, Black autistic adults are largely absent from the literature.