What is Asperger syndrome?
Children with Asperger syndrome can think well and learn about lots of things as easily as other children, but they have problems:- when they try to communicate with others
- with social skills
- with their behaviour.
Asperger syndrome is sometimes called an 'Autism spectrum disorder' because in some ways it is a bit like autism.
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People all the time ask me, "Well exactly are the signs of Aspergers Syndrome?"
Here is a basic list.
Signs and symptoms
A "syndrome" is a pattern of signs and symptoms that doctors can see in many different people. Here is a list of symptoms of Asperger Syndrome.Not every person with Asperger Syndrome has every symptom.
People with Asperger Syndrome:
- may be sensitive to touch or loud noise
- may be clumsy when walking and/or playing sports
- may have trouble understanding other people's emotions.
- may have trouble recognizing facial expressions.
- may have trouble understanding when someone is joking or using language that is not accurate in meaning.
- may often have a loud voice, a very quiet voice, or a voice that does not express emotion (a "monotonous" voice)
- often do not like changes in school, work, and home life routines
- may learn to speak very early or very late
- often learn to read very early or very late
- may have trouble making friends
- may have trouble understanding what other people are thinking
- are often bullied in school
- as children, might look shorter and younger than the average for their age
- often have extremely good memory
- often have a strong interest or hobby such as a computer game, sport statistics, or a TV show
- may have difficulty understanding or not be interested in pretend play
- may move in repetitive ways