“…Apart from low levels of mental health literacy common in many LAMIC, unique cultural factors play an important role in the understanding of autism, including attributing differences in children with autism to supernatural or religious causes (‘spirit possession’, ‘cursed ancestral’ or ‘God's will’). This, compounded by low community awareness across settings, reduces help seeking (Abubakar et al, 2016; Bakare, Taiwo, Bello‐Mojeed, & Munir, 2019; Franz, Chambers, von Isenburg, & de Vries, 2017; de Leeuw, Happe, & Hoekstra, 2020; Shorey et al, 2020).…”