Asperger's Syndrome

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Asperger's Syndrome

Basic Characteristics

• Description

Asperger's Syndrome is one disorder in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) as classified by the National Institute of Mental Health. This disorder, like the other disorders in ASD, is characterized by severe delays in language development and social/communication development. In comparison to other disorders in ASD, children with Asperger's Syndrome are highly functioning. One hallmark symptom of Asperger's Syndrome is an extreme interest in a single subject or topic above all others. Other symptoms include clumsy and uncoordinated movements or repetitive routines or rituals.

• Diagnostic Criteria

Diagnostic criteria for Asperger's Syndrome largely overlaps with the other disorders in ASD. However, those with Asperger's Syndrome usually do not display much of a language delay-that is, they reach the appropriate benchmarks for speech such as single words used by age 2 years, communicative phrases used by age 3 years. Furthermore, there is no clinically significant delay in cognitive development or age appropriate self-help skills, adaptive behavior (other than in social interactions) and curiosity about the environment during childhood.

• History

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