HEALTH RESOURCES

TOOLKITS

AASPIRE Medical Toolkit (Easy to navigate toolkit regarding for both adults with ASD and health care providers. Tips, forms, and information regarding appointments, finding health care providers, insurance policies, etc.)

Foundation For People With Learning Disabilities – Giving Blood (Step-by-step explanation on what happens when one has blood work done)

Physical Health Topics and Guidance (By The National Autistic Society of the UK)

Autism and Grief Toolkit for Autistic Adults, Friends, and Professionals (By the Nancy Lurie Marks Family Foundation)

LITERATURE

Autism-Friendly Healthcare: A Narrative Review of the Literature

Improving Care for Autistic Adults

Health-Related Social Needs Services

 ‘Gently Does It,’ Caring for Adults with Autism (American College of Physicians)

Leaving The Pediatrician: Charting The Medical Transition of Youth with Autism (By Marina Sarris)

Schiff Provides Perspective on Quality of Care for Autistic People (UNC Health Newsroom)

WEBSITES

Benefits Checkup – National Council on Aging

Respect in Health Care for Autistic Adults

Adult Autism and Developmental Disorders Center

Medicaid State Plan Amendments

The Affordable Care Act: What It Is and Why It Should Be Protected (ASAN)

Healthcare.gov: Disabilities

Disabilities and Healthy Living – CDC

Medicaid and CHIP Program (MACPro) Portal

To Inform Families First (TIFF)