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Knowledge articleShaping everyday life
Routines, structure and predictability in everyday life
Why predictability gives many people with autism a sense of security and how structure in everyday life can help – without rigid rules for everyone.
Updated: 19 October 2026
Knowledge articleUnderstanding autism
Common co-occurring conditions in autism
About two thirds of people with autism have at least one co-occurring condition. What can be included and why clarification matters.
Updated: 19 October 2026
Knowledge articleAssessment & diagnosis
ADOS-2, ADI-R and screening: diagnostic tools explained
How ADI-R and ADOS-2 are built, why they count as standard, where their limits lie and what screening questionnaires can and cannot do.
Updated: 19 October 2026
Knowledge articleParents & family
Challenging situations at home
When things often flare up at home: what the 2021 guideline recommended on behavioural analysis, clarifying causes, adjustments and parent training.
Updated: 19 October 2026
Knowledge articleProfessionals & practice
School support workers: role, tasks, limits
What school support should achieve and what not: tasks and limits according to two municipal guidance documents and the 2021 guideline's recommendations.
Updated: 19 October 2026
Knowledge articleDaycare, school & education
Bullying and social situations at school
How common bullying was in pupils with autism in studies, which factors were linked with it and what experts recommend for schools.
Updated: 19 October 2026
Knowledge articleScience & research
Causes of autism: what research knows
Autism has a strong hereditary component. Large studies found no link with vaccinations. What is established – and what is still open.
Updated: 19 October 2026
Knowledge articleShaping everyday life
Preparing well for changes and transitions
Why transitions can be burdensome and what the 2021 guideline named: plan ahead, predictability, constant caregivers, visualisation.
Updated: 19 October 2026
Knowledge articleUnderstanding autism
Autism and ADHD: differentiation and treatment
Autism and ADHD can occur together. What the expert overview says on differentiation and what the 2021 guideline recommended for treatment.
Updated: 19 October 2026
Knowledge articleAssessment & diagnosis
Screening questionnaires and online tests: what they can and cannot do
What screening questionnaires can do, who should use them, what the 2016 guideline said on online self-tests and why a result is not a diagnosis.
Updated: 19 October 2026
Knowledge articleParents & family
Promoting parent–child interaction: what parent-mediated programmes showed
How parents can promote communication in play and everyday life: programmes such as PACT, what studies showed and what the 2021 guideline said.
Updated: 19 October 2026
Knowledge articleProfessionals & practice
Adapting therapy and counselling in autism: notes for professionals
What the 2021 guideline recommended for professionals: interaction, case management, joint decisions, competences and supervision.
Updated: 19 October 2026
Knowledge articleDaycare, school & education
Transition from school to work: routes and support for autism
Transition from school into training or university: recommendations of the 2021 S3 guideline, Employment Agency advice and rights in training.
Updated: 19 October 2026
Knowledge articleScience & research
Genetics and autism: inheritance, genetic tests and recurrence risk
How genes act in autism, how high the risk for siblings can be and when genetic tests come into question according to a review.
Updated: 19 October 2026
Knowledge articleShaping everyday life
Communication in everyday life: avoiding misunderstandings
Concrete, direct, with structure: what the 2021 guideline named for everyday interaction and why misunderstandings often arise in both directions.
Updated: 19 October 2026
Knowledge articleUnderstanding autism
Autism and intellectual disability
Autism can occur with and without intellectual disability. What the expert overview and 2021 guideline say on assessment, support and ineffective methods.
Updated: 19 October 2026
Knowledge articleAssessment & diagnosis
Differentiation: which diagnoses can look similar to autism?
Why other diagnoses are checked when autism is suspected: common differential diagnoses in children and adults, co-occurring conditions.
Updated: 19 October 2026
Knowledge articleParents & family
Toilet training in children with autism: what the guideline said
Nappies, bed-wetting, soiling: what the 2021 guideline said on elimination problems in children with autism, when to clarify and when to seek help.
Updated: 19 October 2026
Knowledge articleProfessionals & practice
Autism in youth welfare and social work
For youth welfare professionals: section 35a SGB VIII, help for young adults, delimitation from SGB IX and notes of the 2021 guideline on cooperation.
Updated: 19 October 2026
Knowledge articleDaycare, school & education
Vocational training with autism: support and rights
What applies to vocational training: rules for disabled people in the Vocational Training Act and what the 2021 guideline recommended on support.
Updated: 19 October 2026

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