Table 2.

Descriptive characteristics for publications featuring black autistic women and girls

Authors (publication year)	Number and Name of Participant in Publication	Age at Diagnosis	Diagnosis	Criteria Used for Diagnosis	Age at Intervention	Objectives of intervention	Intervention type	Location of study	Type of publication	Study design
Moodley (1992)	1; None Given [Nandi used as a pseudonym in our reporting]	2 years and 9 months	Rett Syndrome	Trevathan & Naidu’s (1988) criteria for Rett syndrome	2 years and 9 months	n/a	n/a; publication describes the diagnosis procedure	South Africa	Journal article	Qualitative (Case Study)
Wolfberg (1993)	1; Teresa	Early years of life*	Autistic disorder*	Rutter’s (1978) criteria for autism	9–11 years of age (study conducted over two years)	Reciprocal social relations and symbolic representation	Peer play through integrated play groups	United States, California*	Conference proceedings (paper presentation)	Qualitative (Case Study)
Reinblatt et al. 2006	1; A	3 years	Autistic disorder	DSM (edition not specified)	10 years old	Aggression and self-injurious behavior	Loxapine	Not reported	Journal article	Qualitative (Case Study)

Note. In Wolfberg (1993) the location of the study and specific diagnostic was not included in the publication selected for review. The authors hand searched additional publications focused on the participant to complete the descriptive information for each article. Information found from secondary sources is marked with an asterisk (*).