The purpose of this Letter to the Editor is to discuss the recent paper, “Lessons learned: Engaging culturally diverse families in neurodevelopmental disorders intervention research” by Ratto et al. Specifically, we are interested in further exploring the question of “who participates in autism spectrum disorder intervention research,” and how this question may impact interpretation of Ratto and colleagues’ paper.
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