It was Asian families' patchy attendance at autism support servicesin a predominantly Asian area that first alerted Prithvi Perepa to theproblems faced by Black and minority ethnic families with autisticchildren.
An estimated 17,500 families from Black and minority ethnic communitiesare affected by autism in London, yet many are failing to accesssupport.
The National Autistic Society warns this group is underrepresented inits service uptake, and it plans to raise the profile of the issue in aseries of conferences starting this week.
Perepa was in Birmingham studying for a masters in autism when he firstcame across the problem. Since then he has become even more familiarwith it as development officer for the National Autistic Society'syear-old project for Black and minority ethnic communities.
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