The Top 5 Challenges Facing Hospitals Serving Autistic Patients

From more than 109 interviews conducted through our NIH-funded I-Corps research (Grant #1R44MH134706), we’ve heard a consistent message from hospital administrators, clinicians, and frontline staff: hospitals were never built with neurodiversity in mind. The following are the top challenges hospitals report when caring for autistic patients — and how these insights are shaping the design of our Hospital TeleABA telehealth system.