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One member of ASDf discovered recently that although holiday insurance covers their entire family, it would not cover them for anything that happened as a result of their child’s Autism.

This is because Autism is a “pre-existing medical condition,” and needs to be specifically covered in any holiday or travel insurance policy.

There used to be a selection of insurers that provided this cover on the website http://www.youreable.com/ However, it has now been deleted.

When it was there, it listed:
Aktivcard
http://www.snowcard.co.uk/

Chartwell Insurance of Edgware 020 8958 0900

Club Direct 01243 817766
http://www.clubdirect.com

Direct Travel 01903 812345

Directline
http://uk.directline.com/dl/directline.jsp

Go 0870 152 5840
http://www.gotravelinsurance.co.uk

Preferential 0870 600 7755
http://www.preferential.co.uk

http://www.fogginsure.co.uk/gag/insurance.htm

http://www.quotetravelinsurance.com/

Tesco 0845 300 8800
http://tesco.com

Please note: We have not used any of these insurers, or even checked if they still offer insurance with extra cover for people with disabilities, so this list is not a recommendation in any way.

www.youreable.com also recommends Medscan, tel: 0800 181 532
This facility calculates whether extra insurance is required for a particular medical condition, and how much that extra cover will cost.

In the future we hope to add to this page some of the things that parents need to think about when booking holidays and buying insurance for them.