EG16
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Title
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EG16
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Type
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Interview
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Date
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July 16th, 2019
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Description
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This respondent was born in Indonesia and immigrated to the United States rather recently. She is the caretaker to her ten-year-old son who has selective mutism. During the interview she talks about the long and confusing road to a diagnosis, inability to afford an evaluation, and bullying that her son experiences. She also discussed the ethnic/cultural/nationalistic divisions within Mosques, which can be obstacles in finding community across these divides.
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Language
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English
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Subject
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ESL; Bullying; Psychological Evaluations and Diagnoses; Struggles managing the child’s behavior and emotions; Social isolation of the mother; Gender roles; Lack of affordable care related to the child’s ability difference; Sibling rivalry; Ethnic divisions within Mosques; Needs of recent immigrants when they have a child with an ability difference – they may not know what their needs are or where to turn, which could be a function of their being a recent immigrant, Indonesia, United States, 2019,Disability
EG16