Enhanced Clinical Care

Our goals are to support families at the time of diagnosis and beyond as well as to enhance family-centered care across institutions and departments.

Examples of the impact of the Autism Consortium on clinical care so far include:

Physicians are able to see increased number of patients and provide enhanced quality of care due to the addition of the Autism Resource Specialist program
A new autism speciality clinic was established at one hospital to provide better and more focused care
A new monthly "New Parent Orientation" program was developed and is led by Autism Resource Specialists
Physicians from all hospitals in our clinical network meet quarterly to share best practices and new ideas
A new standard of care for clinical genetic testing for ASDs (karyotype, Fragile X and chromosomal microarray) has been adopted by all affiliated hospitals