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Asperger syndrome is a neurobiological illness that is part of a set of conditions called autism spectrum disorders. The name "autism spectrum" refers to progressive disabilities that comprise autism as well as other illnesses with comparable characteristics. What it is to know with Asperger Syndrome? Asperger Syndrome can be known and detected in many ways. One major criterion is the patient's qualitative impairment in social interaction. This is revealed by the use of multiple nonverbal behaviors such as eye-to-eye contact, facial expressions, body postures, and gestures to control social interaction. Other patients suffering in this disorder also fail to cultivate peer relationships fitting to their developmental levels. They also have lack of natural seeking to share enjoyment, interests, or achievements with other people and they also have the lack of social or emotional reciprocity. How to identify if a person has Asperger Syndrome? * Another major criterion to identify Asperger syndrome is the patient's limited repetitive and stereotyped patterns of behavior, likes, and activities. * Patients have encompassing obsession with stereotyped and restricted patterns of interests that is abnormal in intensity and/ or in focus. * They also have stereotyped and repetitive motor mannerisms like hand or finger twisting and flapping and whole body complex movements. * They also have persistent obsession with parts of objects and are apparently adherent to specific, non-functional routines. * The Disorder also causes clinically major impairment in the community, in work and in other important areas of functioning. However, there is no delay in language of children with asperger syndrome. In example, two year olds use single words to communicate while 3 year-old use communicative phrases. * There is also no setback in the progress of self-help abilities, adaptive behavior, and curiosity about the surroundings in childhood. These criteria sounds like there's a significant difference in diagnosis between Asperger syndrome and High-functioning Autism, but the truth is, in the words of Asperger syndrome expert Dr. Tony Attwood, "the difference between them is mostly in the spelling." This is mainly the situation as children grow up and differentiations in language ability at the age of three become extraneous. When children with Asperger Syndrome or high-functioning autism become teenagers, those distinctions have basically disappeared, making it very hard to differentiate amid the two diagnoses. Help your Asperger child by giving them the support and love that they need! For more transforming strategies for ADHD, visit http://askdoctorjohn.info/
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