Multicultural issues involving autism is not a topic that is talked about a lot. A lot of research and studies have not been done to see what are some of the issues that the world have when it comes to autism. Many of studies have shown ample of evidence that individuals with autism exhibit a myriad of unusual social, communication, and behavioral patterns of interactions that present many challenges for families and service providers. However, there is a dearth of quality works on multicultural issues regarding autistic spectrum disorders. Autism within cultural groups and multicultural family adaptation based on the framework of pluralistic societies in which some cultural groups are a minority within the dominant culture. Differences were
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The largest professional organization in the field asserts: “Autism knows no racial, ethnic, or social boundaries. Family income, lifestyle, and educational levels do not affect the chance of autism’s occurrence” (Autism Society of America, 2000, p. 3). This particular claim began to appear in an attempt to discount Kanner’s original hypotheses regarding association between parental characteristics and children with autism. After describing the children who had autistic disturbances of affective contact, Kanner made observations regarding their parents: “There is one other very interesting common denominator in the backgrounds of these children. They all come of highly intelligent families” (1943, p. 248). Reporting a “great deal of obsessiveness in the family background,” (p. 250), Kanner described many of the parents as being professionals with high levels of education, “strongly preoccupied with scientific, literary, or artistic work,” with “limited genuine interest in people” (p. 250). Research has been very minimum with autism on nationality, ethnic backgrounds as well as how families are that could possibly be a reasoning for autism as well as how families may call a disability autism or something …show more content…
So many families have many different ethnic backgrounds as well as beliefs that can play a role into why some races seem to have a higher diagnosis of autism. Doctors and families look at things from a different aspect throughout the world what one person may consider autism the next would say it is just a mental retardation or that the child is just a little behind. Some people do not have as high of expectation and just feel as if their child are neurotypical and the “problem behaviors” are not considered autism or distracting. In some cultures, families are shamed because of a child with a disability which causes them not to have the necessary support. Having necessary support and being confident enough to come out and be open about a child being disabled re hard at times. Wen families are unable to be open and honest they do not have the access to necessary treatments that could be available which can cause tension in the
The largest professional organization in the field asserts: “Autism knows no racial, ethnic, or social boundaries. Family income, lifestyle, and educational levels do not affect the chance of autism’s occurrence” (Autism Society of America, 2000, p. 3). This particular claim began to appear in an attempt to discount Kanner’s original hypotheses regarding association between parental characteristics and children with autism. After describing the children who had autistic disturbances of affective contact, Kanner made observations regarding their parents: “There is one other very interesting common denominator in the backgrounds of these children. They all come of highly intelligent families” (1943, p. 248). Reporting a “great deal of obsessiveness in the family background,” (p. 250), Kanner described many of the parents as being professionals with high levels of education, “strongly preoccupied with scientific, literary, or artistic work,” with “limited genuine interest in people” (p. 250). Research has been very minimum with autism on nationality, ethnic backgrounds as well as how families are that could possibly be a reasoning for autism as well as how families may call a disability autism or something …show more content…
So many families have many different ethnic backgrounds as well as beliefs that can play a role into why some races seem to have a higher diagnosis of autism. Doctors and families look at things from a different aspect throughout the world what one person may consider autism the next would say it is just a mental retardation or that the child is just a little behind. Some people do not have as high of expectation and just feel as if their child are neurotypical and the “problem behaviors” are not considered autism or distracting. In some cultures, families are shamed because of a child with a disability which causes them not to have the necessary support. Having necessary support and being confident enough to come out and be open about a child being disabled re hard at times. Wen families are unable to be open and honest they do not have the access to necessary treatments that could be available which can cause tension in the