The Health Implications of Autism

Did you know?

• preventable deaths for people with learning disabilities are four times higher than for the rest of the population;

• people with a diagnosis of schizophrenia (this is sometimes misdiagnosed prior to a diagnosis of Autism) live on average nine years less than other people;

• fewer than 20% of women with a learning disability attend cervical screening compared with 81% of women overall;

• people with a learning disability are 58 times more likely to die before the age of 50 than the general population, according to one study in England ;

• Diabetes, which can lead to serious health problems and early death, has been estimated to be four to five times more common among people with a severe mental health

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