On a voluntary basis as a trusted professor for Asperger students within the framework of the inclusive institution of higher education. Please use the email address manfred.bartel[at]hs-aalen.de for initial contact.
Including the institution of higher education
Finally meet others who feel the same way. A university group makes it possible. Students with autism meet weekly when the university is in session and discuss visible and invisible barriers and how to break them down.
Most neurotypicals think they know autistic people, e.g. from the movie "Rain Man."1 As with so many hypes, it has become established in people's minds worldwide that the character Raymond, played by Dustin Hoffmann, is autistic, but he is not, he is an "amazing savant", he is insularly gifted.
Autism, on the other hand, affects 1% of the world's population, which makes 74.7 million autistic people worldwide. Due to the differences in individuality and personality, autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or autism spectrum condition (ASC)2 is the term used. People with autism with an average to very high IQ may be able to study. However, 40% of autistic people have ADD - attention deficit disorder - as a comorbidity. Due to the deviations, they require targeted support. Neurotypicals with ADD or depression should also receive support.
People with autism perceive the world differently to neurotypical people, which is why they are referred to as autistic. They could lead an almost normal3 life if there was more autism knowledge in the neurotypical environment.
The main difference between autistic people and neurotypical people is their differently developed "Social Cognition". Social contexts are perceived and assessed, rated differently by these two groups of people, which ultimately results in different social behavior. Both sides are strangers to each other and therefore often reject each other. Without bidirectional communication and mutual education, mutual inclusion is not possible.
Non-verbal neurotypical expressions are difficult for autistic people to decipher. Autistic people tend to avoid social contact with neurotypical people because they are unsure how to interpret their social cues. There are therefore many misunderstandings that can lead to a definitive break in contact.
In highly industrialized societies such as the German one, learning and work processes are predominantly organized based on the division of labour, in the form of team projects. This form of organization causes problems for autistic people during their studies, as contact with fellow students is the be-all and end-all for the success of learning and the course of studies, academic programmes. Students encounter team projects, presentations and agreements on a daily basis. This daily flood of information is often accompanied by attention and learning difficulties. Autistic students need more time to learn the subject matter and assistance that enables them to prepare for exams in a structured way.
In response to these problems and the special challenges faced by students with autism, a group was founded at Aalen University of Applied Sciences, which has been supporting them since WS17. The aim is to help students to help themselves, i.e. the members of the autism group give each other tips and support.
One of the group's goals is to make the special needs and challenges of students with autism known within the institution of higher education and to improve the students' everyday life with concrete measures.
SCPs4 - Social Credit Points - are awarded as an incentive to participate. The following framework conditions must be met:
An attendance record is kept. You must have attended a specified percentage of the appointments, dates.
A short summary must be submitted to the university supervisors at the end of the semester. This short report gives the organizers an insight into the relevance that the participants assign to these meetings.
If you would like to know more about the group, please contact the central student advisory service at
The distinction between early childhood, atypical and Asperger autism was dropped internationally and nationally, as a diagnostic distinction was unsatisfactory.
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With regard to the attribute "normal", one should read the book "Ludger Tebartz van Elst, Autismus und ADHS. Zwischen Normvariante, Persönlichkeitsstörung und neuropsychiatrische Krankheit, 2015, Kohlhammer-Verlag", which is available in the Aalen University of Applied Sciences library.
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[2] There are different distinctions among autism specialists. Early childhood autistics, atypical autistics and Asperger autistics. This distinction no longer exists.
[3] The word "normal" is a difficult word. Ludger Tebartz van Elst's book says: What is normal? And what is sick? The book is called: Autism and ADHD. Between norm variant, personality disorder and neuropsychiatric illness. The library of Aalen University of Applied Sciences has the book.
University coaching for students with autism spectrum disorders
The contributions provided here provide background knowledge and a rough framework for an "Autism Coaching University Concept" with the aim of "Preemptive Special Assistance". This is a supplement to the "Reactive Special Assistance" available to date. This variant of disadvantage compensation developed specifically for autistic students was tested at Aalen University of Applied Sciences from 2015 - 2022. Technical contributions will be developed step by step and made available here.
If you are interested in the Neuro Round Table, please download the flyer. There are two appointment, dates for a first meeting. You do not need to register.
The documents provided here are a compilation of information and references available worldwide on the topic of "Neurodivergent suicidality and suicide". The information and references refer to a very heterogeneous spectrum of people for whom any generalizations are actually prohibited. Nevertheless, an attempt is made here to provide some general information. If these tips are implemented, there is always a risk that they will not work for a very specific person or will be counterproductive. Therefore, the author cannot accept any responsibility for specific applications. None of the tips can be guaranteed to achieve the desired effects.
Emergency medical care for autistic people - There are none of the uniform, worldwide guidelines for the admission of autistic people to clinical emergency facilities. From the information available, some important aspects can be derived that must be taken into account in the emergency care of autistic people.
In order to prevent a bad mood from developing into depression from the outset, which can lead to loneliness and social isolation and trigger suicidal tendencies, self-therapy for reframing negative (self) perceptions - Permanent reorientation of life and perception of the world is described.
30 years ago, Edwin Shneidman formulated 10 common features of the suicides he observed. They can be used for self-observation and observation of others in order to be able to address suicidal people specifically with regard to their suicidal tendencies and thus relieve them and possibly stop an already active downward spiral.
In the USA and UK, many autism associations have already gone further than in Germany and have developed documents that provide helpers with important information on autistic suicidal tendencies. Three documents have been translated with GOOGLE Translate and summarized in one document.
While working on the document "Supporting autistic children and adolescents in times of crisis", various other scientific questions arose. These were processed into PROMPTS and systematically handed over to the three chatbots PERPLEXITY, GEMINI and ChatGPT for processing.
For many years, high rates of suicidality and suicide have been reported in the academic autism literature. Autistic people are not affectively disturbed, they are autistic. However, the psychological exceptionalities that suicide prevention scientists postulate relate to affect. The exceptional psychological situations therefore do not have to be relevant for autistic people. However, the framework conditions can only be assessed once statistics have been collected. Suicide attempts are not documented worldwide, which means that none can be used to make reliable statements. There is therefore a deadlock that needs to be broken.
Some hypotheses regarding the suicidality of neurotypicals and neurodivergents are formulated here, which were given to the three chatbots ChatGPT+, PERPLEXITY and GEMINI in the form of PROMPTS. In this way, it is tested which hypotheses correlate with the trained data sets of the chatbots and which hypotheses are probably new and require empirical examination.
