Institute on Community Integration, University of Minnesota, 150 Pillsbury Dr. SE, 204 Pattee Hall, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.
Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinic, University of Minnesota, 717 Delaware St. SE, Ste 340, Minneapolis, MN, 55414, USA.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2021 Mar;51(3):798-803. doi: 10.1007/s10803-018-3763-y.
This paper examines age of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) identification and related factors in a diverse urban sample, focusing on ASD identification in the East African Somali community. The overall average age of initial ASD identification was 4.8 years. Somali children received an initial clinical diagnosis of Autistic Disorder later than White children, and Somali children diagnosed with ASD born outside of Minnesota (MN) received their first comprehensive evaluation later than Somali children diagnosed with ASD born in MN. Most children had noted developmental concerns before age 3, with no significant racial or ethnic differences in those concerns. The current study contributes to a limited number of studies on early ASD identification in culturally and linguistically diverse populations.
本研究考察了不同种族、城市样本中自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）的识别年龄及其相关因素，重点关注东非索马里社区的 ASD 识别情况。总体而言，ASD 首次确诊的平均年龄为 4.8 岁。索马里儿童的自闭症临床诊断年龄晚于白人儿童，而在明尼苏达州（MN）以外出生的被诊断为 ASD 的索马里儿童，比在 MN 出生的被诊断为 ASD 的索马里儿童，首次接受全面评估的时间更晚。大多数儿童在 3 岁前就已经出现了明显的发育问题，但在这些问题上，不同种族或民族之间没有显著差异。本研究为为数不多的研究不同文化和语言背景下 ASD 的早期识别提供了参考。
