Asperger's+Disorder

=Asperger's Syndrome=


 * Asperger's syndrome or Asperger disorder**, is an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) that is characterized by significant difficulties in social interaction, alongside restricted and repetitive patterns of behavior and interests.

It differs from other autism spectrum disorders by its relative preservation of linguistic and cognitive development. Although not required for diagnosis, physical clumsiness and atypical use of language are frequently reported.

The syndrome is named after the Austrian pediatrician Hans Asperger who, in 1944, studied and described children in his practice who lacked nonverbal communication skills, demonstrated limited empathy with their peers, and were physically clumsy.The modern conception of Asperger syndrome came into existence in 1981and went through a period of popularization, becoming standardized as a diagnosis in the early 1990s. Many questions remain about aspects of the disorder. For example, there is doubt about whether it is distinct from high-functioning autism partly because of this, itsprevalence is not firmly established. It has been proposed that the diagnosis of Asperger's be eliminated, to be replaced by a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder on a severity scale.

The exact cause is unknown. Although research suggests the likelihood of a genetic basis,there is no known genetic etiology and brain imagingtechniques have not identified a clear common pathology. There is no single treatment, and the effectiveness of particular interventions is supported by only limited data. Intervention is aimed at improving symptoms and function. The mainstay of management is behavioral therapy, focusing on specific deficits to address poor communication skills, obsessive or repetitive routines, and physical clumsiness. Most children improve as they mature to adulthood, but social and communication difficulties may persist. Some researchers and people with Asperger's have advocated a shift in attitudes toward the view that it is a difference, rather than a disability that must be treated or cured

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22 Main Aspergers Symptoms 

-Loneliness, manifested in at least two of the following four symptoms:

- No close friends;

- Avoids others;

- Has no interest in acquiring friends;

- Prefers to be single

Impaired social interaction, manifested in at least one of the following 5 symptoms:

- Refers to others only with his own needs;

- Awkward social relationships;

- One-sided relationship with peers;

- Difficulty in recognizing the feelings of others;

- Detachment from the feelings of other people

Impaired non-verbal communication, manifested in at least one of the following 7 signs:

- Limited facial expression;

- Not able to read emotions in facial expressions of others;

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: helvetica,verdana,arial,sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;">- Not able to transmit information through the eyes;

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: helvetica,verdana,arial,sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;">- Does not look at others;

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: helvetica,verdana,arial,sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;">- Does not use hands to express himself;

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: helvetica,verdana,arial,sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;">- Gestures are large and clumsy;

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: helvetica,verdana,arial,sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;">- Comes too close to others while speaking

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: helvetica,verdana,arial,sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Poor speech, appearing in at least two of the following 6 symptoms:

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: helvetica,verdana,arial,sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;">- Violations of intonation;

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: helvetica,verdana,arial,sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;">- Talks too much;

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: helvetica,verdana,arial,sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;">- Says too little;

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: helvetica,verdana,arial,sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;">- Inability to engage in conversation;

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: helvetica,verdana,arial,sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;">- Idiosyncratic use of words;

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: helvetica,verdana,arial,sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;">- Repetitive speech

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: helvetica,verdana,arial,sans-serif; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">** 10 Facts About Asperger’s Syndrome ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000066; font-family: helvetica,verdana,arial,sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: helvetica,verdana,arial,sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Asperger’s Syndrome was first identified in the 1940s. In the presence of this disease a person can not empathize, he has no [|idea] that other people have feelings too.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: helvetica,verdana,arial,sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;">2. People suffering from Aspergers syndrome often exhibit unmotivated cruelty. For example, they may beat other people, not even suspecting that make them feel pain.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: helvetica,verdana,arial,sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Many prominent psychiatrists believe that many criminals are probably suffering Asperger’s syndrome. They say, that these people do not purposely demonstrate antisocial behavior – it’s just the way their brain works. Therefore, they should be treated as mentally ill people, and not to be jailed for the offense. Patients with Asperger’s syndrome should be treated in the same way as people with kleptomania and pyromania. Their actions are criminal, but intentions aren’t.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: helvetica,verdana,arial,sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Besides the lack of ability to love and feel love for themselves from others, such people almost can not maintain social relationships. Attempts to communicate with Asperger’s patients closer usually fail.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: helvetica,verdana,arial,sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;">5. It used to be considered that people with Asperger’s syndrome are mentally retarded. However, at present there is evidence to the contrary. Researchers who examined ten boys and one girl with this disorder, found that their IQ varies in the range from 77 to 133 (normal is 100).

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: helvetica,verdana,arial,sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;">6. Asperger syndrome is sometimes mistaken for autism. Debates about how these disorders are related continues, and we still don’t know whether they are related at all. They do have much in common. However, signs of autism usually appear before the symptoms of Asperger’s syndrome.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: helvetica,verdana,arial,sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;">7. Name of Aspergers syndrome thundered in Australia, where in April 28, 1996, Martin Bryant shot at Port Arthur in Tasmania fifty-five people. Thirty-five of them died, twenty were injured. Bryant was notorious as the Australian mass-murderer.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: helvetica,verdana,arial,sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Two psychiatrists, Dr. Ian Sale and Paul Mullen, claimed that Bryant suffered from Asperger’s syndrome. Sale said that this disease, “explains a lot” in the ill behavior of the defendant. After a conversation with Bryant, which lasted three and a half hours, Mullen added that the defendant, who has 66-points IQ, and behaves like a 10-year-old kid, “reacts like a frightened child, helpless and alienated.” However, the doctor said: “We may never know about his intentions and the state, which led him to this murder.”

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: helvetica,verdana,arial,sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;">8. 21-year-old John regularly and severely beat 71-year-old Betty, his cohabitant. Neighbors of the couple, who lived in a suburb of London, constantly complained about the screaming woman. Eventually the police took John away to psychiatric clinic. During a study young man confirmed the attacks without any embarrassment. It was obvious that the young man did not understand the pain, inflicted to Betty.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: helvetica,verdana,arial,sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;">9. The prevalence of Asperger syndrome is unknown. However, men suffer from them much more often than women. It is believed that one woman with symptoms of Asperger’s syndrome accounts for between 4 and 9 men.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: helvetica,verdana,arial,sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;">10. This syndrome is sometimes mixed up with alexithymia, a cognitive-emotional disorder due to which people are unable to describe their feelings. However, people suffering from Asperger’s syndrome do not feel anything towards others, and those who have alexithymia, are simply not able to express their feelings.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: helvetica,verdana,arial,sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Aspergers Symptoms Diagnosis Criteria
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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: helvetica,verdana,arial,sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Only recently, a syndrome, described by Hans Asperger in 1944, has attracted wide attention of child and adult psychiatrists (L. Wing, 1981; C. Gillberg, 1985; D. Tantam, 1988; U. Frith, 1991). It’s found, as we already mentioned, in people with normal or good, and sometimes even a high intellectual level. But something in their mental health is violated, and that “something” is closely connected with those functions, which are impaired in case of classic autism.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: helvetica,verdana,arial,sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Asperger’s symptoms are diagnosed a little differently by various systems. In the DSM-IV and ICD-10 systems criteria are almost identical, except one thing: DSM-IV request the presence of “clinically significant disturbances in social or other important areas of functioning”, which is not used by ICD-10. Both diagnostics schemes indicate that early language development is normal, and interest to the environment and adapting skills are not violated. In these diagnostic criteria is also not included the disorder in communication (verbal and nonverbal).

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