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Montiel-Nava, Cecilia; Chacín, José A.; González-Ávila, Zoila – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2017
Latino children are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder later in life, usually with more severe symptoms, and lower IQs, compared with non-Latino children. Possible reasons for such disparities could be due to lower levels of parent education, lower socioeconomic status, limited knowledge of parents about autism spectrum disorder, and…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Autism, Clinical Diagnosis, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Lara, Margaret A. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study discusses the results of a content analysis of 75 Latina biographies for primary and pre-adolescent students that were published over a 16-year period, spanning from 1995 to 2010. Significant to this study was how Latinas were represented in the biographies and what changes can be seen over time. Using a rubric based on research by…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Biographies, Females, Elementary School Students