The Role of Language in Shaping Cultural Perceptions Within Healthcare and Supporting Neurodivergent People's Well‐being and Access to Care: Focus on Autistic Experiences
Potts, B., Parish, C. J. 
ORCID: 0009-0007-2548-5971, Ukaji, N. F. , Pavlopoulou, G., Karaminis, T. ORCID: 0000-0003-2977-5451, Lane, M., McStravick, J., O'Brien, M., Harvey‐Lloyd, J., Shephard, S., Green, J., Collis, A., Stogiannos, N. ORCID: 0000-0003-1378-6631, Skelton, E. & Malamateniou, C. ORCID: 0000-0002-2352-8575 (2026).
The Role of Language in Shaping Cultural Perceptions Within Healthcare and Supporting Neurodivergent People's Well‐being and Access to Care: Focus on Autistic Experiences.
Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences,
article number jmrs.70096.
doi: 10.1002/jmrs.70096
Abstract
Chronic stigmatisation and social exclusion of neurodivergent people have resulted in poorer quality of life and adverse health outcomes. Language has been weaponised and has furthered their suffering and isolation. With this paper, we propose some considerations of optimal communication interactions in healthcare with neurodivergent people, in general, and autistic people, in particular, to ensure respectful and human‐centred patient and practitioner interactions across both clinical and academic practice.
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| Additional Information: | © 2026 The Author(s). Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Australian Society of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy and New Zealand Institute of Medical Radiation Technology. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RC Internal medicine R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry |
| Departments: | School of Health & Medical Sciences School of Health & Medical Sciences > Department of Allied Health |
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