HEALTH RESOURCES
Frequently Asked Questions:
TOOLKITS
AASPIRE Medical Toolkit (Easy to navigate toolkit regarding for both adults with ASD and health care providers. Tips, forms, and information regarding appointments, finding health care providers, insurance policies, etc.)
Autism Speaks Medical Toolkit (Strategies to help the transition of an autistic adult from pediatrician to a primary care physician.)
Foundation For People With Learning Disabilities – Giving Blood (Step-by-step explanation on what happens when one has blood work done)
Guide for Doctors on How to Work with an Autistic Patient (By The National Autistic Society of the UK)
Autism and Grief Toolkit for Autistic Adults, Friends, and Professionals (By the Nancy Lurie Marks Family Foundation)
LITERATURE
‘Gently Does It,’ Caring for Adults with Autism (American College of Physicians)
Leaving The Pediatrician: Charting The Medical Transition of Youth with Autism (By Marina Sarris)
Behavioral Analysis – Adult Resources (VISTA Center for Behavioral Analysis)
Summary of Dietary, Nutritional and Medical Treatments (Autism Research Institute)
Hospitals Adapting for Adults With Autism (Op-Ed by Dr. Christopher Hanks with Live Science)
Adults with Autism May Have High Burden of Health Problems (By Jessica Wright for Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative)
A Study of Family Caregiving (Marsha Mailick Seltzer, Ph.D. and Marty Wyngaarden Krauss, Ph.D.)
Autism Transition Resources: Moving from Pediatric to Adult Healthcare (MassGeneral Hospital for Children)
“Autistic Adults Receive Medical Care At Center Designed For Them” (NPR)
Transition Care for Special Children (Robin Wulffson, M.D.)
Making Homes That Work: A Resource Guide for Parents Living with Autistic Spectrum Disorder and Co-ocurring Behaviors (By George Braddock and John Rowell)
Successfully Receive Social Security Disability Benefits with Autism (Autism Spectrum Disorder Foundation)
Treating Patients with Autism in a Dental Setting (Josalyn Dewell, RDH)