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In this article, we bring forth an important argument about why we as an autism field should work to expand representation in research samples. We also discuss strategies that can be used to work toward this goal. We detail the recruitment and retention of 94 Spanish\u2013English bilingual Latinx (primarily Mexican and Central American) families from low-income households across a large urban city and its surrounding communities in the United States for an assessment validation study. We use the method of this study as an example of how to engage and include underrepresented populations in autism research, describing the efforts that were implemented to engage families and community-based organizations serving this population. 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