ASD rates stood at 27.7 per 1,000 for white children compared to 38.2 per 1,000 for Asian or Pacific Islander children, 37.5 for American Indian/Alaska Native children, 36.6 for Black or African ...

Autism diagnosis was also more common among Asian, Black and Hispanic children than it was among White children ... all contributed to more children being identified earlier and more accurately ...

Moving Forward to Diagnosis To avoid this, parents need to determine whether their child’s doctor is knowledgeable about autism. But many Black parents have described being unable to do so, as they ...

Black children are disproportionately diagnosed with oppositional defiant disorder, a label that perpetuates systemic racism and the school-to-prison pipeline.

By Stacy M. Brown BlackPressUSA.com Senior National Correspondent A sweeping new analysis of U.S. mortality data over the past 70 years reveals that Black children in the United States have […] ...

Arms wide, head back, he radiates joy, even in antique black and white. That beautiful soprano ... “I never was a child, although I was billed in every theater and auditorium where I appeared ...

The last owners, a couple with four kids, even left him their big white Alentejo mastiff, a local breed. “That dog was so sad,” he says ... of an art career as a child.

Prevalence was lower among white children compared to other groups. ASD rates stood at 27.7 per 1,000 for white children compared to 38.2 per 1,000 for Asian or Pacific Islander children, 37.5 for ...

Who goes to the theatre to feel sad? That is, knowing full well that they won’t be going home with a skip in their step. Many ...

At the root of all three tendencies—pathologizing, demonizing, and moralizing—is a desire to solve problems quickly. Adults ...

A new report says the city’s child welfare investigations are disproportionately targeting low-income Black and Hispanic ... penalizing families for being poor. One expert cited the example ...