Autism and Mental Health

Autis, is a neurodiverse condition that impacts how you think and how you see the world around you. It's a spectrum condition, which means it affects people in very diffrent ways. But there are certian traits that most autistic people experience to some extent.

If you're autistic, you might:

• find it hard to recognise or understand other people's emotions or express your own

• be very sensitive or not as sensitive to loud noises, bright lights or crowded spaces

• prefer routines and find changes to routines distressing

• have very intense or specific interests in things

Just like anyone else, autistic people can have good mental health. But lots of people with autism fo expereince mental health problems.