{"id":39189,"date":"2019-05-01T03:22:23","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T03:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=39189"},"modified":"2019-05-01T03:22:23","modified_gmt":"2019-05-01T03:22:23","slug":"how-quiet-headphones-and-visual-guides-help-autistic-patients-get-better-health-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=39189","title":{"rendered":"How quiet headphones and visual guides help autistic patients get better health care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"zn-body__paragraph speakable\"><cite class=\"el-editorial-source\">Philadelphia (CNN)<\/cite>For most people, a visit to the doctor is fairly routine. But for individuals with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2013\/10\/14\/health\/autism-fast-facts\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">autism<\/a>, it can be a harrowing experience.<\/p>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph speakable\">Autism causes greater sensitivity to one&#8217;s surroundings, so an unfamiliar or busy environment like a doctor&#8217;s office or hospital can be overwhelming. People with autism can have difficulties communicating, making it a challenge to answer questions or describe their symptoms to medical staff &#8212; so problems can be harder to diagnose. <\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph speakable\">Dr. Wendy Ross wants to remedy this situation. As director of Jefferson Health&#8217;s newly established <a href=\"https:\/\/hospitals.jefferson.edu\/departments-and-services\/center-for-autism-and-neurodiversity.html\" target=\"_blank\">Center for Autism and Neurodiversity<\/a>, she&#8217;s helping make health care more accessible to those on the spectrum.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Philadelphia (CNN)For most people, a visit to the doctor is fairly routine. But for individuals with autism, it can be a harrowing experience.Autism causes greater sensitivity to one&#8217;s surroundings, so an unfamiliar or busy environment like a doctor&#8217;s office or hospital can be overwhelming. People with autism can have difficulties communicating, making it a challenge&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":39190,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39189\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/39190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}