How an intake conversation in mental healthcare nearly led to suicide

“Not Your Father’s Heart”: How Healthcare Discrimination for Neurodivergent Patients Taught Me About the Human Experience

It is easy to assume all patients who come into a hospital for acute crisis care have a clear understanding of how their experience will be facilitated. When a patient is neurodivergent, they cannot always agree to needed intervention. This is exacerbated by the “poor timing” of questions portrayed to impact the critical care received,