It is an honor to be Chair at an international conference on Mental Health in Berlin – Advances in Addiction Medicine and Mental Health 2025. And it is delightful to be allowed to share knowledge about SPQ 2.0 – Systemizer Profile Questionnaire – which has been validated for use in autism diagnostic contexts.
Interview with Politiken in today’s newspaper
I believe the care crisis for children and young people in Denmark has reached alarming heights due to years of underfunding and devaluation of the area
DR is showing the documentary series ‘The School’s Lost Children’ in five episodes by Jens Langhorn – about involuntary school absenteeism.
Children with autism have always had a difficult time at school. Already in the 00s, we began to see more children with problems in addition to their autism. At the same time, the counties were abolished, specialized knowledge disappeared, the school law and the inclusion reform were introduced in the early 10s, and the pedagogue and teacher training colleges closed their special modules.
We are thrilled to share the news that CAT-kit — the innovative tool for communication and emotional insight — is now traveling to New York!
The neuroaffirmative approach is based on the understanding that people function differently – including neurologically. The idea stems from the international neurodiversity movement, which sociologist Judy Singer articulated in the 1990s with the concept of ‘neurodiversity’ – a movement away from seeing differences as flaws, and towards understanding them as variation. From a deficit-based perspective to a diversity-based perspective.
I have partnered with Ligeværd to create a short course for teachers and educators in daycare centers, schools, the entire spectrum of special needs youth education, and other professional fields.
