Autistic people may develop more than one health issue at the same time. These may be physical or mental health conditions. Some of them may be long term health issues.
General Advice on physical health:
Physical health
General Advice on Mental Health:
Mental health
Co-occurring conditions:
Co-occurring conditions for people with Autism
Related conditions
Health Passports:
For some people writing down the Reasonable adjustments they need can be useful way to communicate with a wide range of health professionals.
The links below are useful to check out:
My health passport
It may also be useful to ask your GP surgery about Annual Health Checks:
Annual health checks
If you have lost an autistic family member it might be useful to know you can ask for a Learning disability Mortality Review to understand what might have gone wrong:
Learning Disability Mortality Reviews
