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SHOW DESCRIPTION: In this podcast I speak with UCLA doctoral student Stephanie Keeney Parks about healthcare disparities in America, managing autism, changing the mental healthcare landscape, advice for parents with autistic children, and more!

Read the show blog here: https://drleaf.com/blogs/news/how-to-help-a-child-with-autism-overcome-racial-disparities-in-healthcare-with-stephanie-keeney-parks

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PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS:

2:30, 10:45, 34:00 Why Stephanie’s anthropological research is so important

3:22 Stephanie’s own experiences as a mother to a child with autism

5:30, 11:50, 19:50 Racial disparities in healthcare & what this means for many families

16:00 How the autism label can fail many people

17:30 Language & disability: how are they related?

24:50 How we can start addressing inequities in healthcare

26:40 Why context & a person’s whole story is so important in healthcare

28:00 Why medical education needs to change

39:20 Advice for parents of color with autistic children

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