Education & Development
Mothering at the Margins: Amplifying and validating the voices of Black mothers of autistic children
...accounts of Black children being given less latitude and understanding for their ‘autistic traits’ and associated behaviours, when compared with their White autistic peers. One indicative example was that of a Black mother (Toni) who was told by a teacher that her then 6-year-old son was ‘a potential gangleader’ (Malcolm and Green, 2025, p. 145). For Black mothers...