Dababnah Sarah, Kim Irang, Wang Yao, Reyes Charina
University of Maryland School of Social Work, Baltimore, MD USA.
Tulane University School of Social Work, New Orleans, LA USA.
J Dev Phys Disabil. 2022;34(3):491-504. doi: 10.1007/s10882-021-09810-z. Epub 2021 Sep 1.
Discrimination against Asians and Asian Americans increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, even prior to the pandemic, little research explored the experiences of Asian American families of children with autism and other developmental disabilities. This brief report summarizes the results of a survey conducted between May and July 2020, in the immediate aftermath of state and local lockdowns due to the pandemic. Twenty-five Asian American caregivers of children with autism and other developmental disabilities completed the survey and reported on the pandemic's impact on their household. Most of the caregivers were mothers, immigrants, Chinese, raising children with autism, and highly educated. Participants' primary concerns were the disruption of their children's educational and therapeutic services. We discuss research limitations and implications.
在新冠疫情期间，针对亚裔和亚裔美国人的歧视有所增加。然而，即使在疫情之前，也很少有研究探讨患有自闭症和其他发育障碍儿童的亚裔美国家庭的经历。本简要报告总结了2020年5月至7月间进行的一项调查结果，该调查是在因疫情导致州和地方实施封锁后不久进行的。25名患有自闭症和其他发育障碍儿童的亚裔美国照料者完成了调查，并报告了疫情对其家庭的影响。大多数照料者是母亲、移民、华裔，孩子患有自闭症，且受教育程度较高。参与者主要担心的是孩子的教育和治疗服务受到干扰。我们讨论了研究的局限性和意义。
