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A new book by Melissa Houser, M.D.’12, titled “A Failure of Imagination: How the Healthcare System Fails Neurodivergent People,” explores barriers neurodivergent people face in health care and how to address them.

Rutland Herald Features Houser Book on Neurodivergence and Health Care

Larner in the Media

Health & Medicine

August 19, 2026

By Office of Medical Communications

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Melissa Houser, M.D.’12, Larner clinical assistant professor of family medicine and founder of All Brains Belong, has written A Failure of Imagination: How the Healthcare System Fails Neurodivergent People. The book, which explores barriers neurodivergent people face in health care and how to address them, will be published in September.