Vive la difference! Celebrating and supporting autistic psychiatrists ...
WEBPsychiatrists, and doctors in general, are a self-selecting group for many autistic strengths such as hyper-focus, curiosity, self-motivation, a desire to study social communication, attention to detail, pattern recognition, problem solving and empathy, which, contrary to prevailing stereotypes, can be marked in autism.
WEBSue McCowan (pictured) is an old age psychiatrist in Dorset and passionate about recognition, acceptance, inclusion, support and advocacy for neurodivergent people of all ages.
Autistic doctors are finally finding their voice - Irish Medical Times
WEBApr 7, 2022 · Like Dr Doherty, Dr Sue McCowan, who works in older people’s psychiatry in Dorset, England, was diagnosed in her mid-forties after one of her children was flagged as possibly having autistic traits.
Welcome signs of the road ahead for autistic doctors and patients
WEBAug 22, 2022 · Welcome signs of the road ahead for autistic doctors and patients. Sue McCowan (Lead / Corresponding author), Sebastian C. K. Shaw, Mary Doherty, Bernadette Grosjean, Paula Blank, Malcolm Kinnear. Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review. 1 Citation (Scopus)
Welcome signs of the road ahead for autistic doctors and patients
WEBAuthors. Sue McCowan 1 , Sebastian C K Shaw 2 , Mary Doherty 3 , Bernadette Grosjean 4 , Paula Blank 5 , Malcolm Kinnear 6. Affiliations. 1 Associate Specialist Psychiatrist, Dorset Healthcare Trust, UK; Email: s.mccowan@nhs.net. 2 Honorary Clinical Lecturer, Department of Medical Education, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, UK.
WEBAs a matter of social justice, we should nurture such neurodivergence within the medical profession. We call for medical schools to adopt a neurodiversity-affirmative approach, in line with the new Active Inclusion framework, to the recruitment, support, and training of autistic students.
The neurodiversity concept viewed through an autistic lens
WEBSebastian C K Shaw 1 , Sue McCowan 2 , Mary Doherty 2 , Bernadette Grosjean 2 , Malcolm Kinnear 2 Affiliations 1 Department of Medical Education, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton BN1 9PH, UK.
Sue McCowan’s Tweets - Twitter
WEBOct 15, 2020 · Sue McCowan. @SueMcCowan1. Doctor, mother, autistic & ADHD, @DoctorsAutistic. Old Age Psychiatrist, RCPsych Autism Group. @WoMedCaN. Views …
Sue McCowan - Psychiatry Lead - Autistic Doctors ... - LinkedIn
WEBNHS medical doctor with over 25 years of NHS experience. Psychiatry lead UK & RCPsych for Autistic Doctors International, member of the RCPsych Autism Group and the recently formed RCPsych...
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Challenging the exclusion of autistic medical students
WEBChallenging the exclusion of autistic medical students. Sebastian C K Shaw a ∙ Mary Doherty b ∙ Sue McCowan c ∙ Ian A Davidson d. Download PDF. In December, 2021, the Medical Schools Council urged medical schools to challenge exclusion in their Active Inclusion framework. 1 The council acknowledged a lingering inequity problem regarding ...