Embracing Neurodiversity in Medicine—Building a More Inclusive Physician Workforce

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Hamilton, R. H., Williams, Z. J., & Brodkin, E. S. (2025). Embracing Neurodiversity in Medicine—Building a More Inclusive Physician Workforce. JAMA, 333(12), 1030. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2025.0094

Journal or book title
JAMA
Publisher
American Medical Association (AMA)
Volume
333
Issue
12
Pages
1030
Publication date: 19 Feb 2025 Added to AutiHub: 7 Jul 2026 Type: Article Article language: English
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Authors

Publication authors
3
Publication authors identified as autistic
1 / 3 (33.3%)
  1. Roy H. Hamilton
  2. Zachary J. Williams *
  3. Edward S. Brodkin

Abstract

This Viewpoint discusses advancing physician workforce diversity via neurodiversity, the range of developmental neurocognitive differences that underlie individual variation in thinking, learning, and behavior.

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Cited references
10
With a DOI
7
Without a DOI, from raw bibliography text
3
1 / 10 (10.0%) cited references include at least one author identified as autistic.
References with data to complete
1 / 10 (10.0%)
References with detected author names
9 / 10 (90.0%)
Without detected author names
1
Without a structured title
1
Without a stable identifier
3
References with raw author names still to review
1
References with external metadata lookup issues
1
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Author names detected in the cited bibliography
20
From DOI or external metadata
20
From validated raw bibliography text
0
Raw names already validated
0
Raw names still to review
1
7 / 20 (35.0%) names are linked to an author already present in AutiHub. 13 / 20 (65.0%) names are not yet linked.
Names linked to a person identified as autistic
3 / 20 (15.0%)
Calculated across all author names detected in the cited bibliography. Among names linked to an author already present in AutiHub: 3 / 7 (42.9%). Distinct people identified as autistic: 3 / 20 (15.0%).
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