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Autism is still under-researched in Black and brown communities. Here's how that can change.

Brian Boyd has been contributing to research at Carolina for 14 years.
Megan Mendenhall
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Brian Boyd has been contributing to research at Carolina for 14 years.

Autism research has evolved significantly over the past two decades. Far more is known about how autism presents in both children and adults than ever before.

But the racial and gender disparities among those diagnosed with autism are still under-researched and under-addressed. Researcher Brian Boyd joins Due South to discuss the strides being made in autism research and access to resources, as well as the work still left to be done in various underserved communities.

Guest

Brian Boyd, William C. Friday Distinguished Professor in the UNC School of Education and interim director of the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Leoneda Inge is the co-host of WUNC's "Due South." Leoneda has been a radio journalist for more than 30 years, spending most of her career at WUNC as the Race and Southern Culture reporter. Leoneda’s work includes stories of race, slavery, memory and monuments. She has won "Gracie" awards, an Alfred I. duPont Award and several awards from the Radio, Television, Digital News Association (RTDNA). In 2017, Leoneda was named "Journalist of Distinction" by the National Association of Black Journalists.
Stacia L. Brown is a writer and audio storyteller who has worked in public media since 2016, when she partnered with the Association of Independents in Radio and Baltimore's WEAA 88.9 to create The Rise of Charm City, a narrative podcast that centered community oral histories. She has worked for WAMU’s daily news radio program, 1A, as well as WUNC’s The State of Things. Stacia was a producer for WUNC's award-winning series, Great Grief with Nnenna Freelon and a co-creator of the station's first children's literacy podcast, The Story Stables. She served as a senior producer for two Ten Percent Happier podcasts, Childproof and More Than a Feeling. In early 2023, she was interim executive producer for WNYC’s The Takeaway.