The countdown is on: Further training to become an inclusion assistant starts on 02.03.2026

Some children put on a new sweater just once and then never want to see it again. Others cut the tag out of every piece of clothing as soon as they get it, or refuse to wear certain fabrics at all. For many children with autism, this is due to skin that perceives...

A child who spends hours absorbed in a single topic and, the next moment, can’t sit still for even two minutes. A child who insists on order but at the same time can’t keep the chaos in their backpack under control. Such contradictory behaviors unsettle parents,...

Many parents and school staff are familiar with this situation: The child doesn’t drink anything all morning, doesn’t go to the bathroom until it’s almost too late, and barely notices any of it. This is often interpreted as absent-mindedness or defiance, which isn’t...

Most people are familiar with the loud meltdown: a child screams, cries, thrashes about, and is almost impossible to reach. What goes unnoticed much more often is the quiet version. Some autistic children fall silent when overwhelmed, withdraw completely, and barely...

Train schedules from the 1980s, the exact number of species in a particular beetle family, or every station on the London Underground—people with autism can amass a level of knowledge in areas that others consider trivial or useless that puts experts to shame. There’s...