A Doctor, a Dad, and a Different Perspective

What happens when an Emergency Medicine physician experiences the healthcare system from the other side, as the father of an autistic child?

In this opening episode of Autism in the ED, Hamish and Jeremy introduce the personal and professional perspectives of Dr Bassam Nuseibeh, exploring the intersection of emergency medicine, autism and parenthood.

Why can an emergency department be overwhelming for autistic patients? What do healthcare professionals sometimes overlook? And how can we make emergency care more understanding, compassionate and inclusive?

A conversation about seeing familiar clinical environments through a very different lens.