Meeting the Needs of Black Special Education Students

Meeting the Needs of Black Special Education Students

Top of Mind with Julie Rose

Taking out Assad, From Ex-Convict to Entrepreneur

Episode: Taking out Assad, From Ex-Convict to Entrepreneur

  • May 8, 2017 11:00 pm
  • 15:19 mins

Guest: Elizabeth Drame, PhD, Professor & Department Chair of Exceptional Education, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Unlike some other diseases, autism appears to affect children of all races at the same rate. But when that diagnosis is made can differ pretty dramatically. It often comes several years later in African American children than in White children. As a result, African American children may require longer and more intensive intervention. Across the world in Africa, there are cultural barriers to treating autism.