Pain in profound autism
When a person cannot say it hurts, pain shows up as behaviour. This guide teaches you to read it.
The guide covers recognising, assessing, acting on and documenting pain. It includes a rapid physical check, pain assessment tools, a four-step pain protocol, and a chapter on diagnostic overshadowing: why pain disappears behind an autism diagnosis. Six appendices are designed to be filled in and taken to the appointment.
What you get
- How pain presents as behaviour; acute versus chronic pain
- The most common sources of pain in profound autism
- Rapid physical check: 10 points
- Pain assessment tools and the four-step W.H.I.C.H. pain protocol
- Diagnostic overshadowing, medication and polypharmacy
- Preparing for the appointment, plus a detachable section for the clinician
- 6 appendices: pre-visit and support forms for children and adults, personal pain profile, health passport
Who it is for
For parents, support workers and clinicians meeting a non-speaking patient.
Extent
57 pages, A4 PDF · One PDF file
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