Commentary on “diagnosis and treatment of ASD in women in secure and forensic hospital”
ISSN: 2056-3868
Article publication date: 22 November 2018
Issue publication date: 28 February 2019
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to provide a commentary on “diagnosis and treatment of asd in women in secure and forensic hospital”.
Design/methodology/approach
The approach is a commentary on a personal experience of services.
Findings
Women with ASD are often not diagnosed until adult years which may impact on their long-term outcomes. Secure services may not always have care teams who are appropriately trained to support a woman with ASD.
Originality/value
A commentary on an original viewpoint piece published in this special edition on women with autism spectrum disorder.
Keywords
Citation
Chaplin, E. and McCarthy, J. (2019), "Commentary on “diagnosis and treatment of ASD in women in secure and forensic hospital”", Advances in Autism, Vol. 5 No. 1, pp. 77-79. https://doi.org/10.1108/AIA-10-2018-0040
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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