Sunday, September 18, 2005

Asperger Syndrome and Definition

Asperger’s Syndrome (AS) is a neurobiological disorder named after a Viennese physician, Hans Asperger.
Individuals with AS show marked deficiencies in social skills, have difficulties with transitions or changes and prefer sameness. They often have obsessive routines and may be preoccupied with a particular subject of interest. They have difficulty reading non-verbal cues (body language) and very often, the individual with AS has difficulty determining proper body space. It’s important to remember that the person with AS perceives the world very differently. Therefore, behaviours that seem odd or unusual are due to those neurological differences and not the result of intentional rudeness or bad behaviour, and most certainly not the result of “improper parenting”. By definition, those with AS have a normal IQ and many individuals (although not all), exhibit exceptional skill or talent in a specific area. Because of their high degree of functionality and their naivete, those with AS are often viewed as eccentric or odd and can easily become victims of teasing and bullying. While language development seems, on the surface, normal, individuals with AS often have deficits in pragmatics and prosody. Vocabularies may be extraordinarily rich and some children sound like “little professors.”

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