Autism New Jersey, with the support of Healthcare Consortium members, has drafted an “Autism-Friendly Healthcare Practices: Self-Assessment and Quality Improvement Tool.” This groundbreaking resource will provide healthcare settings with a set of well-defined and consensus-based quality autism-friendly practice indicators. This list of autism-friendly practices, coupled with resources and best-practice examples, will allow healthcare providers and systems to assess their current actions, prioritize and plan practices for improvement, and support in better autism-friendly practice implementation.
Autistic patients or their caregivers throughout New Jersey have had positive and negative experiences with healthcare providers. They also know what types of practices, environments, and interactions help them access high-quality and compassionate healthcare. This brief overview video gives more information on this important resource, and viewers will have the chance to provide their thoughts on it. Please consider spending some of your valuable time to help us ensure that this self-assessment and quality improvement tool is valuable and effective throughout all of New Jersey’s healthcare settings.