Autism care pathway determining the origins
It can be difficult for parents, teachers, and other care pathway givers to identify the issues that cause children with an autism/ ASD spectrum disorder to be irritated and act out. This is due, in part, to the fact that many autistic/ ASD children and adults have trouble conveying their pain and anguish. To make matters worse, seeing an autism care pathway expert might take months, leaving the patient angry, agitated, and in physical discomfort. The guidelines, develop care pathways as part of the ATN's federally funded role as the Autism Intervention Research Network on Physical Health and assist paediatricians and other primary care doctors in determining when an autistic person's emotional outbursts and other problematic behaviors are due to medical causes. "One of the most important things is to investigate medical disorders as potential reasons for these unpleasant and problematic behaviours," says ATN medical director Daniel Coury. Dr. Coury is the di