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Client Spotlight: Hospital Interns


A medium close-up photograph capturing a man looking forward in an office environment. --- ### Foreground Subject * **The Man:** He has short dark hair and is wearing thick, black-rimmed rectangular eyeglasses. He is looking toward the camera with a neutral expression. He is dressed in a dark blue collared jacket or button-up shirt over a light, patterned or plaid undershirt. --- ### Background Elements * **Office Desk:** Behind him on the left sits an office desk equipped with a flat-screen computer monitor, framed pictures, and office supplies. A stack of papers sits on a shelf unit near a white partition or pillar. * **Another Person:** To the far left, another individual wearing a patterned orange and brown shirt is partially visible, sitting in an office chair and facing away from the camera.

Imagine what it takes to operate a large, urban hospital 24 hours a day, seven days a week. We may think first of doctors and nurses, therapists, and technicians, interacting with patients, working in laboratories, conducting research, etc. There are many more people whose skills contribute to the functioning of a healthcare facility, and included in that group, are individuals with autism and other developmental disabilities.

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