
Autistic SPACE: A Novel Framework for Meeting the Needs of Autistic People in Healthcare Settings
Doherty, McCowan and Shaw (2023)
Autistic individuals face significant health disparities and barriers to accessing care, partly due to limited and inconsistent autism training among healthcare professionals. To address this, the authors propose the ‘SPACE’ framework, Sensory needs, Predictability, Acceptance, Communication, and Empathy, along with considerations for physical, processing, and emotional space, aiming to support equitable and autism-informed healthcare access.
Autistic SPACE: A Novel Framework for Meeting the Needs of Autistic People in Healthcare Settings
Doherty, McCowan and Shaw (2023)
Autistic individuals face significant health disparities and barriers to accessing care, partly due to limited and inconsistent autism training among healthcare professionals. To address this, the authors propose the ‘SPACE’ framework, Sensory needs, Predictability, Acceptance, Communication, and Empathy, along with considerations for physical, processing, and emotional space, aiming to support equitable and autism-informed healthcare access.