What are the negative aspects of diagnosis?

When you apply for a loan or mortgage the banks check with credit reference agencies. Their systems do not have any links with health systems, so there is no way they would know if you are autistic or not. Even if the banks are aware they should still use the same criteria to assess as for everyone else.

In theory it's possible that life insurance could be more expensive for autistic people, as statistically the average age of death is lower. There could also be an impact on things like travel insurance, if they consider autism to be a pre existing health condition.

When you apply for a loan or mortgage the banks check with credit reference agencies. Their systems do not have any links with health systems, so there is no way they would know if you are autistic or not. Even if the banks are aware they should still use the same criteria to assess as for everyone else.

In theory it's possible that life insurance could be more expensive for autistic people, as statistically the average age of death is lower. There could also be an impact on things like travel insurance, if they consider autism to be a pre existing health condition.