Racial and Ethnic Disproportionality in Autism Identification: Differences Among States Over Time and Mediators

• In Event: Identifying, Assessing, and Teaching Students With Autism

Abstract

In this paper, we will present five years of data on state-by-state autism risk disaggregated by racial/ethnic group. We will also investigate possible mediators of the differences in autism risk seen between states and over time. These mediation tests will also be disaggregated by race/ethnicity.

Authors

• Tom E. Munk, Westat

• Tamara Cohen Daley, Westat

• Julie Bollmer, Westat

• Amy Bitterman, Westat

• Cesar D'Agord, University of Oregon