, were developed to help Autistic people communicate their needs to doctors, nurses and other health care professionals.and medical history as well as information about their communication and sensory needs.- have been found to help reduce mortality when used properly.
how staff lack of awareness of Autistic communication styles and how to amend their communication were often a barrier to providing equitable care; "However, at its most basic a health passport is a piece of paper, and unless the environment is carefully crafted to give that piece of paper status—like the status granted to an actualthat allows people to cross borders between countries—that piece of paper can achieve nothing."
Lead researcher on the project, Dr. Rebecca Ellis, public health research assistant at Swansea University, added,"All new interventions to reduce health inequalities for Autistic people should be evidence based, and co-produced both with the Autistic and wider neurodivergent community, and with health professionals who will be responsible for implementing them."