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Autistic ADHD disabled geriatrician. On Whadjuk Noongar land, Boorloo.
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A research summary of our healthcare quality improvement study.

We show the benefits of autistic doctors teaching hospital teams about neurodiversity.

#Neurodiversity

full paper open access here:

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Light blue poster with dark blue text and drawing of a brain in the centre. Title “what happens when autistic doctors teach hospitals teams about neurodiversity?”. Heading 1 “why was the study done?” text “Negative attitudes (biases) can stop autistic people getting good hospital care. Neurodiversity training can help but a hospital in Western Australia did not do this training yet. To focus problem autistic, neurodivergent doctors and researchers did a project. They made neurodiversity training for teams who work in the hospital.” Heading 2 “how was the study done” text “The study leads met hospital teams to find out what kind of training they wanted. A feedback survey found out about experiences in the training. Three hospital teams of doctors and nurses tried out the training. Austistic, neurodivergent doctors were the leaders training the hospital teams.” Heading 3 “results” text “Survey responses: 9 in 10 said the training was relevant. 8 in 10 felt more confident supporting autistic people. 9 in 10 felt more accepting of autistic people. Neurodiversity training challenged biases. Hospital teams wanted to know more about supporting neurodivergent people. They changed their point of view to understand neurodivergent people better.” Quote box text “To our knowledge this is the first study in an Australian hospital to demonstrate neurodiversity education leading clinicians to report more confidence and acceptance toward autistic people.”
April 7, 2025 at 1:44 AM