Hospitals not ASD friendly

My most recent experience in this regard was with a service user at work - a lad with low-functioning autism.  He cut himself quite badly and had to go to A & E.  It was all quite positive, in the end.  The paramedic on the ambulance crew was an Aspie... and when he got to hospital, they put him straight in a room by himself and he was attended to by a nurse who was fully-experienced with dealing with autism.  It may be, though, that his low-functioning status, with the additional risks that posed, meant that he got special treatment.

I hate attending A & E for myself, though.  I tend to sit in the toilets rather than in the waiting rooms.  I guess the 'friendliness' or otherwise in regard to ASC will differ between establishments.  Not just with ASC, too.  On my mother's final trip to A & E, a week before she passed away, it was like a cattle market when we arrived.  The noise and bustle were very distressing for her (as well as for me).  They managed to find mum a curtained-off space, but it was still very noisy - and we had a long wait.  The staff did what they could, though, given the demands on their limited resources. 

My most recent experience in this regard was with a service user at work - a lad with low-functioning autism.  He cut himself quite badly and had to go to A & E.  It was all quite positive, in the end.  The paramedic on the ambulance crew was an Aspie... and when he got to hospital, they put him straight in a room by himself and he was attended to by a nurse who was fully-experienced with dealing with autism.  It may be, though, that his low-functioning status, with the additional risks that posed, meant that he got special treatment.

I hate attending A & E for myself, though.  I tend to sit in the toilets rather than in the waiting rooms.  I guess the 'friendliness' or otherwise in regard to ASC will differ between establishments.  Not just with ASC, too.  On my mother's final trip to A & E, a week before she passed away, it was like a cattle market when we arrived.  The noise and bustle were very distressing for her (as well as for me).  They managed to find mum a curtained-off space, but it was still very noisy - and we had a long wait.  The staff did what they could, though, given the demands on their limited resources.