Emergency rooms across the country are adding accommodations to help patients with autism, according to an article on the Fierce Healthcare website.
Hospitals now offer calming aids like toys and iPads, dim lighting and quiet waiting rooms.
A pilot program for autistic children at Nemours Children's Hospital in Orlando, Florida will offer patients and their families a separate play or waiting area, as well as headphones and other sensory tools to help children calm themselves if they become overstimulated, the article said.
Children's hospitals in New Jersey, District of Columbia, New York, Pennsylvania, Indiana and South Carolina are undertaking similar measures.
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