Autism/Aspergers

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We have friends living in Nurnburg and they have recently travelled to the UK
to try and enrol their child (10 years) in a private school to help his
behavioural issues. He was observed by at least 4 teachers who thought the
child had Aspergers syndrome or worse. He was viewed at the top of the
scale.
How can they get the child assessed in Germany as they are considering going
to the States or England for the assessment.
Many thanks
Bill Beecroft

Answer
Hi,

First of all, sorry for not responding sooner. I didn't get any notification email I have questions pending.

Here in Germany, they should contact the "Hilfe für das autistische Kind" (www.autismus.de). They can find the local chapter for their region on this website. At their therapy centres they can get a diagnosis (albeit usually just an unofficial one, there are just psychologists working there, and you need a doctor to officially diagnose it, but they may also be able to get you the names and adresses of doctors who can officially diagnose him).

Other than that, here's a list of doctors and clinics who offer a diagnosis or therapy

http://www.aspies.de/adressen.php?category=3

Hope this helps.

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What I *can* do for you is gather information on any aspect of autism and therapy of autism you're interested in and give you my personal oppinion about it (if you want to hear it) or, if it applies, tell you about my personal experience. I can answer all questions about what life is like for an autistic person.

I can also answer questions asked in German or French (but will have to answer in English to questions asked in French as my French is a bit rusty).

Ich beantworte gerne auch Fragen auf Deutsch.

Vous pouvez poser des questions en Francais, si cela ne vous dérange pas que je responds en anglais.

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As I'm not doing well right now and am not in the shape of answering questions well - I recieved a few low ratings lately - I'll take a break from AllExperts for the next few weeks/until I'm doing better

I am an adult diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome/High Functioning Autism and ADD.

In the past years I have also read a lot about autism and its comorbid conditions and related subjects (as I am experiencing symptoms of most of these or know others who do) , so I have accumulated a lot of layman knowledge in this area (AD(H)D, Tourette's Syndrome, OCD, sleep disorders, allergies, sensory integration dysfunction, learning difficulties, left/right-brain, giftedness, Irlen Syndrome, prism glasses, executive dysfunction (aka. "inertia"), "special" diets).

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None in the field of autism, apart from being autistic myself !

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