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Dr. John P. Ackerman
The recognition that people with ASD need tailored methods for both identifying and intervening with suicidality appears to be part of an emerging appreciation by clinicians who work on suicide prevention of the “need to meet people where they are,” Dr. Ackerman said. Similar approaches might be needed for various ethnic and racial groups, gays, transgender people, those who are hearing impaired, and others who might respond better to novel approaches.
Dr. Wynn and Dr. Ackerman had no disclosures.