{"id":6077,"date":"2023-04-24T12:26:34","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T10:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.autismejongekind.nl\/?page_id=6077"},"modified":"2023-07-07T13:00:56","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T11:00:56","slug":"what-is-autism","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.autismejongekind.nl\/en\/autisme-bij-kinderen-informatie-voor-ouders\/wat-is-autisme\/","title":{"rendered":"What is autism (ASD)?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The brains of people with autism work differently. They process information in a different way and that often leads to unexpected and unusual reactions.<\/p>\n<p><em>From the outside<\/em>, so from their behaviour, you see people with autism experience difficulties with<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">het contact leggen met andere mensen en het begrijpen van sociale situaties;<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">de manier waarop zij met andere mensen communiceren;<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">het kunnen aanpassen van gedrag of interesses;<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">bewegingen.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>On the inside<\/em>, so at brain level, someone with autism processes information in greater detail. This comes at the expense of seeing coherences. This is why people with autism often have difficulty with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">filtering important and less important information.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">processing information (takes more time).<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">het verwerken en toepassen van nieuwe informatie (zich minder goed kunnen aanpassen).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What these problems look like differs depending on the person, age and environment.<\/p>\n<p>Read further:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autismejongekind.nl\/en\/autism-in-children-information-for-parents-2\/what-is-autism\/from-what-age-is-autism-visible\/\">From what age is autism visible?<\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autismejongekind.nl\/en\/autism-in-children-information-for-parents-2\/what-is-autism\/is-autism-in-girls-different-than-in-boys\/\">Is autism different in girls than in boys?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>De hersenen van mensen met autisme werken anders. 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