Reference no: EM133207725

Intersectionality and disability case study:

• Tyson is an Indigenous male, 15 years of age
• Disability is Autism (ASD level1/2)
• Tyson lives in Moree, NSW with his grandmother and two siblings
• Tyson is enrolled at the local public school but has a high level of truancy and has been engaged in anti-social behaviour (ie smoking marijuana, petty theft, graffiti)
• Tyson has experienced childhood trauma and is in kinship care with his grandmother having been placed under orders when he was younger due to domestic and family violence perpetrated by his father towards his mother. 
• He does not have contact with his parents, his father is currently incarcerated.    

The following factors intersect to impact Tyson's life

1 Aboriginality/disadvantages 

2 Intergenerational trauma 

3 Family/ Domestic Violence

4 Drug Addiction

5 autism spectrum disorder

6 Referrals to GP

7 Referrals to Psychologist, Psychiatrist, and Counsellor

8 NDIS 

9 Medications

All these factors intersect to affect Tyson's life attitude, truancy, and other antisocial behavior