Abstract

Lack of access to autism treatment has deepened the disparities for Black children with ASD. Limited resources and lack of advocacy skills in Black families are reasons given for these service gaps but a need to identify mechanisms that support Black families access to treatment for their children have yet to be investigated. This paper explores the forms of cultural capital single Black mothers use to advocate for their children with autism in schools in the US. Using a Thematic Analysis, interviews were coded for several domains of cultural capital found in the literature, including aspirational, familial, social, linguistic, resistant, navigational, motherhood and black cultural capital. Mothers in the study predominately provided examples of resistant and navigational capital. Additionally, mothers were more likely to use their capital to impact services for their child, when schools engaged in family-centered practice.

摘要

缺乏自闭症治疗的机会加剧了患有ASD的黑人儿童的差异。黑人家庭资源有限和缺乏宣传技能是造成这些服务差距的原因，但尚未确定支持黑人家庭为其子女获得治疗的机制。本文探讨了单身黑人母亲在美国学校中为自闭症儿童提倡的文化资本形式。使用主题分析，采访被编码为文献中文化资本的多个领域，包括理想，家族，社会，语言，抵抗，航行，母性和黑人文化资本。研究中的母亲主要提供抵抗和航行资本的例子。另外，