Dr. Alice Kuo, associate professor of health policy and management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, commented in a KPCC segment about a nonprofit organization in Los Angeles that is helping Korean immigrant parents who have a child with a developmental disability.
Having a child with autism or a developmental disability can be tough. But for some immigrant communities, like Koreans, there's stigma attached to disabilities. And that makes it harder to get help.
The non-profit Korean American Special Education Center is helping Korean immigrant families get help.