APS

2023 APS Annual Convention · 2023

Neurodiversity, Distress and Discrimination: A Study on Intersectionalities of Neurodivergence with Other Minoritized Identities

Washington, DC · May 2023

Poster · Clinical Science

  • Rebeca Bayeh
    Fordham University
  • Momoka Sunohara
    Concordia University
  • Andrew Ryder
    Jewish General Hospital, Montreal
  • Andrew Ryder
    Concordia University

Abstract

This study examined levels of distress and discrimination experienced by neurodivergent (ND) university students in Canada with membership in minoritized groups. ND participants, especially those holding minoritized identities, presented higher scores of distress. In a measure of experienced discrimination, interaction effects were observed in ND participants across racialized groups.

Cultural Diversity

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