{"id":1507,"date":"2025-08-30T11:53:55","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T09:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ergotherapiepraxis-schmidt-staub.de\/disease-patterns\/autism-spectrum-disorder\/"},"modified":"2025-10-11T13:10:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T11:10:55","slug":"autism-spectrum-disorder","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.praxis-schmidt-staub.de\/en\/disease-patterns\/autism-spectrum-disorder\/","title":{"rendered":"Autism spectrum disorder"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_1201069966\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1366\" src=\"https:\/\/www.praxis-schmidt-staub.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bored-child-at-home-2023-11-27-05-04-08-utc-scaled-1.jpg\" class=\"bg attachment-original size-original\" alt>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"section-bg-overlay absolute fill\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row align-center\" id=\"row-1591412191\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-685557993\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\" data-animate=\"blurIn\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center dark\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-1659253242\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h1><span style=\"font-size: 200%;\">Autism spectrum disorder<\/span><\/h1>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-1659253242 {\n  color: rgb(88, 67, 130);\n}\n#text-1659253242 > * {\n  color: rgb(88, 67, 130);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\"><\/div>\n\t<div id=\"text-3844919782\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<p>In autism, a distinc\u00adtion is made bet\u00adween \u201cear\u00adly child\u00adhood autism\u201d (F 84.0), \u201cAsper\u00adger syn\u00addro\u00adme\u201d (F 84.5) and \u201caty\u00adpi\u00adcal autism\u201d (F84.1). In prac\u00adti\u00adce, howe\u00adver, it is beco\u00adming incre\u00adasing\u00adly dif\u00adfi\u00adcult to dif\u00adfe\u00adren\u00adtia\u00adte bet\u00adween the various dis\u00ador\u00adders, as ligh\u00adter forms of the indi\u00advi\u00addu\u00adal dis\u00ador\u00adders are incre\u00adasing\u00adly being dia\u00adgno\u00adsed. For this reason, the term \u201cautism spec\u00adtrum dis\u00ador\u00adder\u201d (ASD) is often used today as a gene\u00adric term for the enti\u00adre spec\u00adtrum of autis\u00adtic dis\u00ador\u00adders<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-3844919782 {\n  color: rgb(88, 67, 130);\n}\n#text-3844919782 > * {\n  color: rgb(88, 67, 130);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1201069966 {\n  padding-top: 100px;\n  padding-bottom: 100px;\n  min-height: 450px;\n}\n#section_1201069966 .section-bg-overlay {\n  background-color: rgba(237, 233, 225, 0.762);\n}\n#section_1201069966 .section-bg img {\n  object-position: 54% 65%;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #section_1201069966 {\n    padding-top: 30px;\n    padding-bottom: 30px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_1912093881\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row row-large content-row-1\" id=\"row-1329754043\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1140937285\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\" data-animate=\"fadeInUp\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-2440103483\" class=\"text span-headline-1\">\n\t\t\n<p><span>Sym\u00adptoms of ASD<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n<p>The exact cau\u00adses of autism spec\u00adtrum dis\u00ador\u00adder are not ful\u00adly unders\u00adtood, but rese\u00adarch sug\u00adgests that a com\u00adbi\u00adna\u00adti\u00adon of gene\u00adtic and envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtal fac\u00adtors play a role. The cha\u00adrac\u00adte\u00adristics of an autism spec\u00adtrum dis\u00ador\u00adder (ASD) are diver\u00adse and vary in their seve\u00adri\u00adty. They can be divi\u00added into two main cate\u00adgo\u00adries:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Social inter\u00adac\u00adtion and com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>Dif\u00adfi\u00adcul\u00adties in social com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon and inter\u00adac\u00adtion, inclu\u00adding pro\u00adblems in under\u00adstan\u00adding and using non-ver\u00adbal com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon (e.g. ges\u00adtu\u00adres, facial expres\u00adsi\u00adons, eye cont\u00adact).<\/li>\n<li>Defi\u00adci\u00adts in deve\u00adlo\u00adping and main\u00adtai\u00adning rela\u00adti\u00adonships (e.g. making fri\u00adends, adap\u00adting beha\u00advi\u00ador to dif\u00adfe\u00adrent situa\u00adtions).<\/li>\n<li>Impai\u00adred under\u00adstan\u00adding of social and emo\u00adtio\u00adnal signals.<\/li>\n<li>Dif\u00adfi\u00adcul\u00adty start\u00ading or main\u00adtai\u00adning con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adti\u00adons.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rest\u00adric\u00adted, repe\u00adti\u00adti\u00adve pat\u00adterns of beha\u00advi\u00ador, inte\u00adrests or acti\u00advi\u00adties<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>Repe\u00adti\u00adti\u00adve move\u00adments or speech (e.g. repea\u00adted hand flap\u00adping, repea\u00adting cer\u00adtain phra\u00adses).<\/li>\n<li>Rigid adhe\u00adrence to rou\u00adti\u00adnes or ritua\u00adli\u00adzed beha\u00advi\u00adors and extre\u00adme dif\u00adfi\u00adcul\u00adty with chan\u00adge<\/li>\n<li>Inten\u00adse, nar\u00adrow\u00adly defi\u00adned inte\u00adrests or hob\u00adbies (e.g. strong inte\u00adrest in cer\u00adtain topics or objects)<\/li>\n<li>Hyper\u00adsen\u00adsi\u00adti\u00advi\u00adty or hyper\u00adsen\u00adsi\u00adti\u00advi\u00adty to sen\u00adso\u00adry sti\u00admu\u00adli (e.g. noi\u00adse, light, tas\u00adtes)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Fre\u00adquent\u00adly, <strong>lan\u00adguage skills<\/strong> can also be affec\u00adted by ASD, which can lead to idio\u00adsyn\u00adcra\u00adtic word choice or seve\u00adre lan\u00adguage delay.<\/p>\n<p>The tre\u00adat\u00adment of an autism spec\u00adtrum dis\u00ador\u00adder is indi\u00advi\u00addua\u00adli\u00adzed and can include a varie\u00adty of approa\u00adches. We can help you find the right tre\u00adat\u00adment and offer sta\u00adte-of-the-art the\u00adra\u00adpy methods to make ever\u00ady\u00adday life easier for tho\u00adse affec\u00adted!<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<style>\n#row-1329754043 > .col > .col-inner {\n  padding: 40px 0px 0px 25px;\n  background-color: rgb(255,255,255);\n}\n<\/style>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1912093881 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n  padding-bottom: 30px;\n  background-color: rgb(255, 247, 237);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1482,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1507","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.praxis-schmidt-staub.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.praxis-schmidt-staub.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.praxis-schmidt-staub.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.praxis-schmidt-staub.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.praxis-schmidt-staub.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1507"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.praxis-schmidt-staub.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2536,"href":"https:\/\/www.praxis-schmidt-staub.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1507\/revisions\/2536"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.praxis-schmidt-staub.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.praxis-schmidt-staub.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}