AAP | doctor | home care | pediatrics
Children with autism do not get the best treatment from their doctors and this may have a bad effect on their outcome.
This survey was designed to see if children with autism receive what the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) defines as medical home care. Medical home care is doctor care that is: "accessible, continuous, comprehensive, family-centered, compassionate, culturally effective, and coordinated with specialized services." This United States survey found that children with autism are half as likely to have a medical home as children with other special health care needs. The results agree with a different survey that found that only half of parents of children with autism feel that their child has a medical home. The authors believe that doctors treating children with autism need to better understand community resources, send children for expert support, and help families maintain a therapy plan.
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