Single-mom adventures with autism: living through my son's surgery
This is a story about my autistic son's surgery. Autistic patients are very common in the medical field but they aren't very well represented in graphic novels or medical literature. This is a simple story about my 6-year-old son's minor dental surgery and the various steps that medic...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University College of Medical Sciences
2019-02-01
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| Series: | Research and Humanities in Medical Education |
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| Online Access: | https://www.rhime.in/ojs/index.php/rhime/article/view/199 |
| Summary: | This is a story about my autistic son's surgery. Autistic patients are very common in the medical field but they aren't very well represented in graphic novels or medical literature. This is a simple story about my 6-year-old son's minor dental surgery and the various steps that medical professionals must take to accommodate autistic patients. Through this graphic story I try to show the challenges that parents and doctors must deal with on a daily basis when it comes to the health of autistic children. |
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| ISSN: | 2350-0565 |