Indigenous Autism in Canada: A Scoping Review ...

• Main Author: Bruno, Grant
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: OSF Registries 2022
• Subjects: Medical Sciences; Psychiatry and Psychology; Public Health; Medicine and Health Sciences; ASD; Autism; Canada; First Nations; Indigenous; Medicine; Metis; Pediatrics; inuit
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17605/osf.io/8xbac; https://osf.io/8xbac/

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized by difficulties with communication, social deficits as well as restricted repetitive behaviors and interests (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). It is widely recognized that ASD occurs in all populations, including Indigenous populations. Canada’s 1982 Constitution recognizes three distinct Indigenous groups, First Nations, Metis, and Inuit. The prevalence of ASD in Indigenous communities is currently unknown and there is minimal academic literature on lived experience related to ASD in cultural contexts ...