Asperger's Syndrome: A Summary
Posted 08-02-08 at 04:25 PM by SZayat
Asperger's syndrome is a type of pervasive development disorder. It could be considered as a mild form of autism. People with Asperger's syndrome could be noticed primarily by their lack of social and communication skills. On the other hand, they have normal intelligence level and on par with the norm in language development. Asperger's syndrome indicators vary from mild to severe, basic symptoms are mainly: Problems with social skills, communication difficulties, limited range of interests, coordination problems in physical motor skills and development in odd or repetitive behaviors. Asperger’s syndrome was first described in 1944. however, it wasn’t officially recognized until 50 years later as it was added to the American Psychiatric Association's diagnostic reference. The cause of Asperger's syndrome is still unknown but some psychiatrist believe that its genetic. Sadly, it cannot be cured or prevented, but there are some behavioral modification treatments that may help people with Asperger's syndrome to cope within the environment.
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I know someone who has a mild case of Asperger's Syndrome
Thanks for sharing.Posted 08-02-08 at 06:47 PM by mega_option101
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you're welcome.
Asperger's syndrome was brought to my attention after taking Combination 101 course (a liberal arts elective
) and watching Boston Legal "Helping Hands" episode where you get to know Jerry Espenson who's a brilliant lawyer with his quite odd hand gestures. However, the more I learn about psychological disorders, the more I get to sympathize with people.Posted 08-03-08 at 04:33 AM by SZayat
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My friend has panic attacks when she is surrounded by too many people. She also does things three times... If you poke her you have to poke her three times or else she starts to panic. Unfortunately, some people abuse this and will only poke her once just to laugh about it.Posted 08-03-08 at 08:41 AM by mega_option101
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its weird, i think my friend has that. i was always told he has "mild autism" but maybe that's really what he has? lol he stutters a lot and sometimes he starts to walk towards you even though a normal person would keep walking straight, like if you're walking alongside each other on a sidewalk. weird.Posted 09-13-08 at 01:24 AM by fade2green514
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Sorry to dredge this up, Google OCN to look for other Aspies and found this post.
To the best of my knowledge, it is a form of Autism. PDDs include autism and Asperger's as two of the five or so manifestations, but some medical professionals (usually the ones who don't have to deal with either condition) still consider them separate.
I wouldn't mention the word "cure" around someone with autism. Some parents go ga-ga over the thought, but it's a mistake. Your brain is engineered differently so there's nothing to "cure" without rewiring the neurons from scratch and learning life all over again.
Regarding the other comments here, keep in mind that when you lack the capability to pick up on "common sense" or learn it about 100 times slower than everyone else, life can get REALLY frustrating. That's my view, at any rate, because aspies almost never have just Asperger's. Depression, sure, but OCD/panic/anxiety disorders are common too. ADD...I'm ADD (primarily inattentive), and it's one of those tagalong conditiosn that seems to be rooted more in the same genetic area as Asperger's. Go ahead and quote me on that, but consider I have no medical degree.
I now know what Asperger's is and, having learned about it and regularly seeing a medical professional who can teach me more about it, I can figure out how it alters my perceptions and thoughts and feelings. Once I know how they're being altered compared to NTs (neurotypicals), I get giddy 'cause I know where my specialness lies. That is, I understand where my gifts are and what I need to work on.
Life's great, no box of chocolates required!
Oh yeah. Pretty much every "eccentric genius" you've ever heard of was probably an aspie. Go us!Posted 05-06-09 at 07:32 AM by Glacialis
