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Patients who were receiving gender-affirming care at Dell Children’s are scrambling to find new providers, with many looking outside Texas. But gender-affirming care was only a small part of what this clinic provided, patients say. The doctors were renowned for their treatment of eating disorders and mental health issues, which are skyrocketing among adolescents. They also treated a wide range of menstrual disorders and helped families like Hamand’s navigate adolescence for young people with developmental disabilities.
one mother (Hamand), whose severely autistic, largely non-verbal daughter was approaching puberty had sorted a plan to cope with the menstrual issues with doctors at Dell. It meant her taking a suitable hormonal birth control so she wouldn't experience the difficulties periods would present for her.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/me...1&cvid=ecd0635fca334f0d86836e3d59727f16&ei=36All those families are now desperately looking for new doctors for their vulnerable children.
“Puberty has been rough, really, really rough,” Hamand said. “And to find out we have to start from scratch with finding providers that can help us is just heartbreaking.