Working with Bilingual Clients with Autism

ASHA Policy Documents

• Clinical Management of Communicatively Handicapped Minority Language Populations
• Cultural Competence in Professional Service Delivery
• Position Statement
• Professional Issues Statement
• Knowledge and Skills Needed by Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists to Provide Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services
• Issues in Ethics: Cultural Competence

The ASHA Leader Articles

• Language Intervention from the Bilingual Mindset
• Assessing Diverse Students With Autism Spectrum Disorders

Additional Resources

• ASHA's website Phonemic Inventories Across Languages
• ASHA's website Useful Websites for Additional Information
• Cognition and behavior:  Bilingualism doesn't hinder language
• ASHA's SIG (Special Interest Group) Perspectives Newsletter
• Diversity and Autism [PDF]
• Journal Articles and Book Chapters
• Dyches, T., Wilder L. K., Sudweeks, R. R., Obiakor, F. E., Algozzine, B., (2004). Multicultural issues in autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 34(2), 211–22.
• Roseberry-McKibbin, C. (2008). Service Delivery to CLD Students on the Autism Spectrum. In C. Roseberry-McKibbin (Ed.), Multicultural students with special language needs, 3rd Edition (pp. 385–389). Oceanside, CA: Academic Communication Associates.
• Seung, H., Siddiqi, S., & Elder, J. H. (2006). Intervention outcomes of a bilingual child with autism. Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology, 14(1), 53–64.
• Wilder, L. K., Dyches, T. T., Obiakor, F. E., Algozzine, B. (2004). Multicultural Perspectives on Teaching Students with Autism. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 19(2), 105–113.

Consumer Information

Autismo (Spanish)