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Knowledge articleAssessment & diagnosis
Diagnostic criteria for autism: DSM-5 and ICD-11 explained
Which criteria apply to an autism diagnosis: two core areas under DSM-5, ICD-11 and the ICD-10-GM still official in Germany, explained clearly.
Updated: 25 October 2026
Knowledge articleTherapies & support
Recognising controversial and dubious offers
Cure promised, evidence missing? How to recognise dubious or dangerous autism offers – with questions that help you check them.
Updated: 23 October 2026
Knowledge articleTherapies & support
Behavioural early interventions (ABA, ESDM): evidence and criticism
What behavioural early interventions are, what the 2021 guideline and studies said and what adults on the spectrum criticise.
Updated: 23 October 2026
Knowledge articlePathways & orientation
Reduced earning capacity pension and basic income support: what the law regulates
When the law speaks of full or partial reduced earning capacity, what the pension requires and who receives basic income support (as of 10.10.2026).
Updated: 23 October 2026
Knowledge articleScience & research
The S3 guidelines on autism: content and validity status
What the German S3 guidelines on autism contain, how they are structured, what ‘soll’ and ‘kann’ mean and what the situation is with their validity.
Updated: 23 October 2026
Knowledge articlePathways & orientation
Severe disability at work: rights, protection against dismissal and equivalent status
What SGB IX guarantees employees with severe disability: ban on discrimination, protection against dismissal, extra leave and equivalent status.
Updated: 23 October 2026
Knowledge articleAssessment & diagnosis
Referral, costs and waiting times
Free choice of doctor, entitlement to medical treatment and long waiting times: what the law and the guideline say and what you must ask the service yourself.
Updated: 23 October 2026
Knowledge articlePathways & orientation
Section 35a SGB VIII: integration assistance for children and adolescents
When children and adolescents are entitled to integration assistance under section 35a SGB VIII, what opinion the youth office needs and how help is provided.
Updated: 23 October 2026
Knowledge articlePathways & orientation
Applying for benefits and filing an objection
Deadlines and rights for applications for social benefits: responsibility check, hearing, access to files, objection within one month, and inaction.
Updated: 23 October 2026
Knowledge articlePathways & orientation
Care level for autism
How the law determines the need for care and the care level, which six areas count, how children are assessed and how the application works.
Updated: 19 October 2026
Knowledge articlePathways & orientation
Care benefits: care allowance, respite care and relief amount
What care insurance pays after a care level: care allowance, respite care, joint annual amount and relief amount with the amounts.
Updated: 19 October 2026
Knowledge articlePathways & orientation
Integration assistance under SGB IX: benefits and responsibility
Who can receive integration assistance under SGB IX, which benefits there are, who is responsible and how it differs from section 35a SGB VIII.
Updated: 19 October 2026
Knowledge articlePathways & orientation
Financing autism therapy: who pays, who is responsible?
Who can pay for autism-specific therapy: integration assistance, youth welfare office (section 35a SGB VIII) and early intervention, and what the law says.
Updated: 19 October 2026
Knowledge articlePathways & orientation
Benefits for participation in working life: what SGB IX provides
Which help exists for training and work: benefits for participation in working life under section 49 SGB IX and the integration office's accompanying help.
Updated: 19 October 2026
Knowledge articlePathways & orientation
Housing and assistance: what integration assistance provides
Benefits for housing and assistance under SGB IX, having a say in the form of housing (right to express wishes and choose) and where to get advice.
Updated: 19 October 2026
Knowledge articlePathways & orientation
Personal budget: managing benefits as money yourself
What a personal budget is, how it is applied for, what a target agreement regulates and how long you are bound by your decision.
Updated: 19 October 2026
Knowledge articlePathways & orientation
Coming of age at 18: what changes legally
At 18 you decide legally for yourself. What this means for parents, when a guardian can be appointed and which alternatives there are.
Updated: 19 October 2026
Knowledge articlePathways & orientation
Finding independent advice: what the EUTB does
The supplementary independent participation advice service (EUTB) advises free of charge before an application, independent of benefit providers.
Updated: 19 October 2026
Knowledge articlePathways & orientation
Tax relief: disability lump sum and care lump sum
What section 33b EStG provides: lump sums from a GdB of 20, transfer to parents and care lump sum by care level, with the amounts as of the legal status.
Updated: 19 October 2026
Knowledge articlePathways & orientation
Understanding the support system: who is responsible for what?
Overview of bodies and benefits in Germany: care insurance fund, integration assistance, youth welfare office, health insurance, disability office and how responsibility is clarifi…
Updated: 19 October 2026

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