Topic: The Autism Friendly Initiative at Boston Medical Center: Advocating for Autism Friendly Healthcare Practices
Presenter: Lauren Bartolotti
Date: Monday, April 25th
Time: 12:00 - 1:30pm
Zoom Information:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82569590776?pwd=Z3l4ckJHc3hWcjAxZzk3MDB4eFhqZz09Passcode: Transition
Description:
This webinar will spotlight the Autism Friendly Initiative at Boston Medical Center. It is a worthy webinar to learn about health care options at BMC but to also seek out information on how to access Neuro Diverse Healthcare in any medical care setting.
Lauren Bartolotti is the Associate Director of the Autism Program at Boston Medical Center where she has worked for 9 years. Lauren helps to oversee programmatic operations and provides clinical supervision to Autism Program staff as they execute patient and family support for autistic individuals ages birth through 23 years old. She assists in program innovation, the development and delivering of trainings for internal and external stakeholders, conducts clinical consultations and engages in community based outreach efforts. Recently Lauren helped her team in launching the Autism Friendly Initiative, a hospital-wide program focused on building “autism friendly” healthcare practices.
