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Providing services to Asian Americans with developmental disabilities and their families: mainstream service providers' perspective
- Authors:
- CHOI Keum-Hyeong, WYNNE Martha Ellen
- Journal article citation:
- Community Mental Health Journal, 36(6), December 2000, pp.589-595.
- Publisher:
- Springer
This survey investigated the opinions and perceptions of 44 mainstream US social service providers regarding barriers to Asian Americans with developmental disabilities and their families receiving appropriate supportive services. Six main barriers were identified: language and communication difficulties; lack of knowledge about service delivery system; perceived cultural differences; being 'a minority within a minority'; individual differences between cultural and family groups; lack of resources to meet needs within the family. Implications of the barriers are discussed.