The purpose of this Letter to the Editor is to raise awareness among those who read Autism about the limited amount of peer-reviewed literature on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians living on the autism spectrum. This letter summarises the results of our search on Pubmed and Google Scholar for peer-reviewed literature on this subject. It then concludes by explaining why more research should be conducted on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians living on the autism spectrum.
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RoyMBalaratnasingamS (2010) Missed diagnosis of autism in an Australian indigenous psychiatric population. Australasian Psychiatry18: 534–537.
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WilsonKWatsonL (2011) Autism Spectrum Disorder in Australian Indigenous families: issues of diagnosis, support and funding. Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal35: 17–18.
