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How poverty hides children on the spectrum

Gambrills, Maryland - January 02, 2019: Wendy Shaia, the Executive Director of Social Work Community Outreach Service at the University of Maryland, with her 19-year-old autistic son John Shaia at their home in Gambrills, Md., Wednesday January 2, 2018. Autism, once thought to be a condition for wealthy white people, has a long history of diagnosis prejudice for poor and minority children. Wendy, a solidly middle-class African American mother, with a masters degree, tried getting a diagnosis for John when he was two, but was repeatedly dismissed or misdiagnosed until he was 10.


CREDIT: Matt Roth for Spectrum

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Gambrills, Maryland - January 02, 2019: Wendy Shaia, the Executive Director of Social Work Community Outreach Service at the University of Maryland, with her 19-year-old autistic son John Shaia at their home in Gambrills, Md., Wednesday January 2, 2018. Autism, once thought to be a condition for wealthy white people, has a long history of diagnosis prejudice for poor and minority children. Wendy, a solidly middle-class African American mother, with a masters degree, tried getting a diagnosis for John when he was two, but was repeatedly dismissed or misdiagnosed until he was 10.<br /> <br /> <br /> CREDIT: Matt Roth for Spectrum
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