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Autistic patients at the Arizona State Hospital say they are not receiving accommodations and it's making them worse.
KJZZ's The Show partnered with Arizona artist Theo Grace Quest to create a zine based on a monthslong reporting project exploring conditions inside the hospital.
A special report from KJZZ's The Show.
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More from The Show's OVERWHELMED series
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Autistic patients at the Arizona State Hospital say they are not receiving accommodations and it’s making them worse. -
Autistic patients at the Arizona State Hospital say they are not receiving accommodations and it's making them worse. KJZZ's The Show partnered with Arizona artist Theo Grace Quest to create a zine based on a monthslong project exploring conditions inside the hospital. -
In part two of the special report OVERWHELMED, The Show reports on the complexities for people diagnosed with both autism and serious mental illness. -
In part one of the special report OVERWHELMED, meet Matt Solan, who has autism and has been in the Arizona State Hospital for almost five years. He says he's out of coping tools and barely surviving. -
In part three of the special report OVERWHELMED, KJZZ’s The Show sit down with the sister of a man diagnosed with both schizophrenia and autism who was recently a patient at the Arizona State Hospital. -
In part four of the OVERWLEHMED series, explore potential solutions to the challenges faced by patients at the Arizona State Hospital — including those with autism.
