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Our Guiding Principles

View our guiding principles below for how we approach autism friendly health care:

Slow down and review AFQ. Customize and adapt the visit to fit the needs of the individual patient.

Provide training to staff. Customize training to fit the department’s specific needs.

Adapt the environment when possible. Provide tools to increase regulation and understanding.

Engage key stakeholders. Conduct needs-based assessments. Evaluate acceptability and adaptability on an ongoing basis.

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Research

  • Presentations
    • Gist, K., Hye, A., Stout, A. Implementing an Autism Friendly Health System at Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego. (March 2021). Autism Research and Practice CME Seminar.
    • Stadnick, N., Brookman-Frazee, L., Hye, A. (July 2021). Making Clinical Visits More Autism Friendly. Rady Children’s Hospital Pediatric Grand Rounds.
    • Stadnick, N. A., Gist, K., Huang, J. S., Stout, D., Hye, A., Kuelbs, C. L., & Brookman-Frazee, L. (November 2021). Dissemination and implementation of a multi-component autism-friendly health system initiative within a children’s hospital. Symposium presentation at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, New Orleans, LA.
    • Hye, A. (June 2023) Creating Autism-Friendly Pediatric Healthcare Environments. Autism Research and Practice CME Seminar.
  • Poster Presentations:
    • DesChamps, T.D., Carr, T, Stadnick, N., Hye, A., Stout, D., Gist, K., & Brookman-Frazee, L. (May 2022). Adoption and acceptability of an autism friendly health system initiative among providers within the emergency department of a regional children’s hospital. Annual Lewis L. Judd Young Investigators Research Symposium, University of California, San Diego.
    • DesChamps, T.D., Carr, T, Stadnick, N., Hye, A., Stout, D., Gist, K., & Brookman-Frazee, L. (May 2022). Adoption and acceptability of an autism friendly health system initiative among providers within the emergency department of a regional children’s hospital. Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities Expo, University of California, San Diego.
    • DesChamps, T.D., Carr, T, Stadnick, N., Hye, A., Stout, D., Gist, K., & Brookman-Frazee, L. (April 2022). Adoption and acceptability of an autism friendly health system initiative among providers within the emergency department of a regional children’s hospital. Poster presented at the Rady Children’s Hospital Pediatrics Research Symposium.
    • Hye, A, DesChamps, T., Naldolski, M., Carr, T., Gallagher, E., Stadnick, N., Stout, D., Gist, K., Ton-That, E., Angulo, C., Locsin, R., and Brookman-Frazee, L.(February 2023). Adoption and acceptability of an autism friendly health system initiative among providers within the emergency department of a regional children’s hospital. Poster presented at Association for Behavior Analysis International  17th Annual Autism Conference.