Faith, spirituality, and religious involvement can promote stress-related coping for parents raising children with autism, yet little research has explored religious coping in Black parents raising children with autism. Given the high levels of religiosity and increased incidence of autism in Black families, the purpose of this qualitative study was to highlight perceptions of Black parents raising children with autism on mental health and religious coping within the context of a parent advocacy intervention efficacy study. We used a grounded theory method with structural coding of group session transcripts and written responses to center the voices of seven Black parents raising children with autism. Three significant findings emerged: (a) mental health conceptualization; (b) double disenfranchisement; and (c) communal coping.

信仰、灵性和宗教参与可以促进抚养自闭症儿童的父母应对压力相关的问题，但很少有研究探讨抚养自闭症儿童的黑人父母的宗教应对方式。鉴于黑人家庭的高度宗教信仰和自闭症发病率的增加，这项定性研究的目的是在父母倡导干预功效研究的背景下，强调黑人父母对抚养自闭症儿童的心理健康和宗教应对的看法。我们使用扎根理论方法对小组会议记录和书面答复进行结构编码，以集中抚养自闭症儿童的七位黑人父母的声音。出现了三个重要发现：(a) 心理健康概念化；(b) 双重剥夺权利；(c) 共同应对。