Part 2: Achieving Healthcare Equity Through the SAFE Care Consensus Principles
Overview of the SAFE Care Foundational Premises It was developed through an extensive consensus-based process, involving a wide range of stakeholders, that the Supporting Access for Everyone (SAFE) Initiative established first-of-its-kind guidelines for providing accessible, equitable healthcare to youth with neurodevelopmental disabilities (NDDs). Healthcare settings seeking to become more inclusive of neurodivergent patients can learn […]
Part 1: Neurodivergent youth are being victimized by healthcare abilism
Many healthcare facilities are still inaccessible to those with disabilities. We need to change the current unacceptable healthcare disparities Two of my passionate causes are accessibility and inclusion. Every child deserves equal access to high-quality, compassionate healthcare. Yet for the 1 in 6 youth living with a neurodevelopmental disability (NDD) like autism, ADHD or intellectual […]
My Thoughts About Autism Awareness Day 2013
As you may already know, today is “Light it up blue” for Autism Awareness Day. April is also considered Autism Awareness Month. There has been considerable publicity leading up to this day and many people are participating on social media by sharing photos, changing their avatars and posting information about Autism. I’ve also seen numerous […]
Is Autism Something That Needs To Be “Cured?”
I have written quite a bit about Stone and our adventures with Autism. And I’ve also talked a lot about the various therapies we’ve had him in as well as the supplements and other treatments we’ve tried – all in an attempt to help him improve his speech and social development. In some therapy offices […]