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ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2018

Language Barriers Impact Access to Services for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Helaine G St Amant, Sheree M Schrager, Carolina Peña-Ricardo, Marian E Williams, Douglas L Vanderbilt

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Article in Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

39 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. Systematic Review: United States Workforce for Autism-Related Child Healthcare Services.Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · 2020
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  4. Bridging the Gap: Barriers to Access Autism Support for Immigrant and Refugee Communities in Canada and the United States.Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society · 2026
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  9. Association of maternal primary language with neurodevelopmental outcomes in high-risk infants.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2025
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  14. Barriers to Healthcare for Latinx Autistic Children and Adolescents.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Helaine G St AmantKeck School of Medicine of USC, 1975 Zonal Ave., Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4763-4732
Sheree M SchragerDivision of Hospital Medicine, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, 4650 Sunset Blvd., MS #94, Los Angeles, CA, 90027, USA.
Carolina Peña-RicardoDivision of General Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, McAlister Building Room G212, 4650 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90027, USA.
Marian E WilliamsKeck School of Medicine of USC, 1975 Zonal Ave., Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA.
Douglas L VanderbiltKeck School of Medicine of USC, 1975 Zonal Ave., Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA. dvanderbilt@chla.usc.edu.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Racial and ethnic disparities in accessing health care have been described in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In a retrospective chart review of 152 children with ASD, children of parents whose primary language was English were significantly more likely to have both social skills and communication goals within their individualized education plan (IEP) compared to children of parents whose primary language was not English. Additionally, children of primary English speakers received significantly more hours of direct services from their state disability program. After controlling for demographic covariates, findings suggest that language barriers may negatively affect parents' abilities to access health care services for their child with ASD. Acculturation factors must therefore be considered when analyzing disparities in autism.

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Communication BarriersHealth Services AccessibilityLanguageAdolescentAutism Spectrum DisorderChildChild, PreschoolCulturally Competent CareFemaleHumansInfantMaleRetrospective StudiesAccess to servicesAutism spectrum disorderHealth care disparitiesIndividualized education planLanguage barriers

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