Studies pertaining to language impairment in school-age autistic individuals underreport participant socio-demographics: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Lay abstract

Although exclusion of racially and ethnically minoritized autistic individuals from research is a long-standing issue, we have yet to determine how exclusion impacts areas of autism research important for identifying language impairment. Diagnosis depends on the quality of the evidence (i.e. research) and is often the pathway to gaining access to services. As a first step, we examined how research studies related to language impairment in school-age autistic individuals report participant socio-demographics. We analyzed reports using age-referenced assessments in English (n = 60), which are commonly used by both practitioners and researchers to diagnose or identify language impairment. Findings showed only 28% of studies reported any information on race a

SUBMITTER: Girolamo T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10592656 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature