$55 for this three and a half-CE course and continuing education certificate. There are no additional fees for this course. The fee offers you lifetime access to the self-guided home study course. Because you maintain lifetime access tot he learning materials, no refunds are offered for this course.

Alexis (Alex) Toliver is a Black, nonbinary, multiply disabled advocate and researcher, first diagnosed with autism in adulthood. They bring over 12 years of experience in neuroscience and disability advocacy, focusing on the intersections of race, autism, and justice. Alex works as a Research Assistant at the Disability Health Research Center at Johns Hopkins University, using data, policy research, and accessibility innovation to address systemic disparities.

They are the author of Everyday Black: Disability, a children’s book celebrating Black disabled lives. Their work has been recognized by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the National Science Foundation, and the Ford Foundation. Through research, education, and storytelling, Alex is dedicated to advancing intersectional disability justice and collective liberation.

1. Develop understanding of the social perspectives and bias in identifying and supporting autism and how these biases vary by demographic.
2. Analyze the diagnostic disparities in autism for BIPOC communities and develop diagnostic procedures that address these disparities.
3. Analyze the socioeconomic disparities in the diagnosis and treatment of BIPOC communities with autism and assess methods to reduce access and support disparities.
4. Develop an understanding of the health outcomes of BIPOC communities with autism and create clinical procedures aimed at reducing these disparities.

This is an intermediate-level course for psychologists, social workers, counselors, marriage and family therapists, and any other mental health professional who provides therapy or diagnostic assessment services to the autistic community and seek to provide anti-racist, culturally competent services.

Dr. Marschall and Resiliency Mental Health compensated Mx. Toliver to create this course. Mx. Toliver, Dr. Marschall, and Resiliency Mental Health have no financial or non-financial conflicts of interest to disclose.