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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Florence Freeman

Lack of diversity in children's books about autism 'is doing more harm'

Publishers have been criticised for ignoring Black children in books about autism.

Mum-of-two, Tinuke Awe, is now writing her own book after failing to find any literature to support her son when he was diagnosed with autism.

Black pupils are reported to have the highest rate of autism in the UK, being 26% more likely to have autism than their white counterparts.

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