Center for Injury Research and Prevention, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2716 South Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19146, USA.
Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Civic Center Blvd, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2023 Jun;53(6):2535-2539. doi: 10.1007/s10803-021-05372-3. Epub 2021 Dec 1.
To characterize healthcare and behavioral service providers' transportation-related discussions with their autistic and non-autistic patients.
78 providers completed a cross-sectional survey assessing their transportation discussions with patients. We used Mann-Whitney U tests and chi-square tests to compare differences in provider reports by patient diagnosis.
Compared with one in two providers who reported they discuss transportation with non-autistic patients, only one in five have these conversations with their autistic patients. Few (8%) providers felt prepared to assess driving readiness in autistic patients, yet only a quarter refer patients elsewhere.
There is a critical need to develop resources for use in medical settings to effectively support autistic adolescents' independence and mobility as they transition into adulthood.
描述医疗保健和行为服务提供者与自闭症和非自闭症患者的交通相关讨论。
78 名提供者完成了一项横断面调查,评估了他们与患者的交通讨论。我们使用曼-惠特尼 U 检验和卡方检验比较了按患者诊断报告的提供者差异。
与报告与非自闭症患者讨论交通的提供者每两人中就有一人相比,只有五分之一的提供者与自闭症患者进行这些对话。很少(8%)的提供者认为自己有能力评估自闭症患者的驾驶准备情况,但只有四分之一的人将患者转介到其他地方。
迫切需要开发医疗环境中使用的资源,以有效支持自闭症青少年在过渡到成年期时的独立性和流动性。