Medical clinic helps local nursing students, children with autism achieve goals

Medical clinic helps local nursing students, children with autism achieve goals

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (WSPA)- While the doctor's office isn’t ranked high in anyone’s favorite place to be, children with autism have an especially hard time warming up to it. “Medical procedures are really tough, it's really aversive,” said Amanda Rafkah, Senior Supervisor of Therapy and Education at Project Hope. “They have a hard time going to medical appointments, whether it's general doctor visits, specialists or going to the hospital.” Not kno…