This week, we are excited to welcome Dr. Bryn Harris to the podcast. Dr. Harris is a distinguished Professor at the University of Colorado Denver with a dual appointment in the School of Education and Human Development and the Department of Pediatrics (Developmental Pediatrics). She is also the director and founder of the bilingual school psychology program at the university and a bilingual (Spanish) licensed psychologist and nationally certified school psychologist. 

In this episode, we will be discussing the health disparities in autism identification and the importance of culturally responsive assessment and intervention practices. Check out some resources below:

Resources

Autism Speaks and the Organization for Autism Research have Spanish language resources

https://www.autismspeaks.org/recursos-autismo

https://researchautism.org/families/spanish-language-resources-en/

On the Colorin Colorado website they have compiled a list of resources for multilingual families that have a child with autism

https://www.colorincolorado.org/autism-multilingual-resources-families-and-educators

CDC Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network Fact Sheet

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