Health Care and the Autism Spectrum: A Guide for Health Professionals, Parents and Carers

Planning and managing health care intervention for individuals with autism spectrum conditions presents a unique set of challenges in clinical practice. This is a ground-breaking volume that addresses these issues from the point of view of the health professionals who have to deal with them on a day-to-day basis. The author offers strategies for dealing with things such as communication difficulties, sensory overload, and problems with physical examinations amongst others. She discusses the ethical aspects of care - protecting individual rights and providing sensitive, appropriate patient support. Chapters deal with illness at home, emergency and hospital admission and patient centred care in hospital, as well as the promotion of show more general physical and mental health. Professionals in all fields of health care, as well as individuals with autism spectrum conditions and those who live with, work with or care for them, will find this wide-ranging and informative book an essential, practical reference tool. show less