Aaron Hartman, MDFunctional Medicine Specialist | Clinical Researcher

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23 Aug 2024 · 1 min

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Aaron Hartman, MD discusses why clinicians miss autism signs that parents and non-clinical staff catch. He praises parents increasingly questioning doctors and seeking their own referrals, shifting how care gets decided.

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Your pediatrician didn't think their kid was autistic. Even our secretary knows he's autistic. I was like, I'm not sure. And she was like, I knew. And I just disregarded her. And I thought, if your people are telling you that and you don't have time to dive into it, why aren't you referring to somebody who can really help that person? I think that's the hard part. And people, we have such. You are the CEO, period. Doctors are the pyramid. And parents feel like they can't talk back. They can't. I don't want to say talk back, but question. Make a different path. And I think that is what's changing positively. That's one of the most positive things I've seen in the last decade.