Māori and autism: A scoping review

Cultural groups may vary considerably in their understandings of autism spectrum disorder and approaches to supporting autistic individuals. However, researching, identifying managing are largely dominated by Western perspectives. This review provides an overview the literature related Māori, indigenous people Aotearoa/New Zealand. A search peer-reviewed grey identified 273 potentially relevant publications, 13 these met inclusion criteria. The included publications addressed questions Māori autism, prevalence rates diagnostic support services for Māori. Findings suggest broad differences slightly higher than non-Māori New Zealanders. need that both effective culturally appropriate was also highlighted. These findings discussed relation implications future research provision Lay abstract Most current identifying, researching based on views understandings. different cultural understand approach differently. We searched a wide range websites, academic journals other sources published information Our Overall, we found highlighted discuss what might mean with autism.