Overview:
Aim: To set out why it is important to identify autistic people and the negative consequences of not recognising or understanding autism, including more severe illness and premature death. To identify what clinicians can do to help reduce those negative consequences by making ‘reasonable adjustments’ in any healthcare service in which they work.
Authors: Clair Haydon, Mary Doherty, Ian A Davidson
To cite: Haydon C, Doherty M, Davidson IA. Autism: making reasonable adjustments in healthcare. Br J Hosp Med. 2021.
