Where can I find information on Asperger's Syndrome?
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Put Aspergers Syndrome in the search bar.\n\n\n\nAsperger's Disorder is the term for a specific type of pervasive developmental disorder which is characterized by problems in development of social skills and behavior. In the past, many children with Asperger's Disorder were diagnosed as having autism, another of the pervasive developmental disorders, or other disorders. While autism and Asperger's have certain similarities, there are also important differences. For this reason, children suspected of having these conditions require careful evaluation.\n\nIn general, a child with Asperger's Disorder functions at a higher level than the typical child with autism. For example, many children with Asperger's Disorder have normal intelligence. While most children with autism fail to develop language or have language delays, children with Asperger's Disorder are usually using words by the age of two, although their speech patterns may be somewhat odd.\n\nMost children with Asperger's Disorder have difficulty interacting with their peers. They tend to be loners and may display eccentric behaviors. A child with Asperger's, for example, may spend hours each day preoccupied with counting cars passing on the street or watching only the weather channel on television. Coordination difficulties are also common with this disorder. These children often have special educational needs.\n\nAlthough the cause of Asperger's Disorder is not yet known, current research suggests that a tendency toward the condition may run in families. Children with Asperger's Disorder are also at risk for other psychiatric problems including depression, attention deficit disorder, schizophrenia, and obsessive-compulsive disorder.\n\nChild and adolescent psychiatrists have the training and expertise to evaluate pervasive developmental disorders like autism and Asperger's Disorder. They can also work with families to design appropriate and effective treatment programs. Currently, the most effective treatment involves a combination of psychotherapy, special education, behavior modification, and support for families. Some children with Asperger's Disorder will also benefit from medication.\n\nThe outcome for children with Asperger's Disorder is generally more promising than for those with autism. Due to their higher level of intellectual functioning, many of these children successfully finish high school and attend college. Although problems with social interaction and awareness persist, they can also develop lasting relationships with family and friends.
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I agree, the AQ and other similar tests are the most prevalent. You can download one yourself at http://www.autismresearchcentre.com/tests/default.asp\n\nto look at, very interesting, and there are other good indicators at that address as well, notably the checklist for autism in toddlers (CHAT)\n\nAll the best, if you are facing autism I wish you all the luck!
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ok, well my little bother has got mild asperges syndrome. asperges syndrome is a type of autism. children [and adults] with this can often find it hard to concentrate. sarcasm can not always be properly understood and they find it harder to read emotions. there are varying degrees of it though. \nmy brother was also born through ceserean, but i dont know if it affects it. my brother was also given the tripple mmr vaccine which my other brother [without autism] didnt recieve. it is much more common in boys than in girls.\nremember he is still your brother and dont treat him any differently than you used to, maybe it is not so bad as they only found it when he was 11! i dont know though, i myself am only 14! :s\nummm just help your mum around your hme with washing tidying and try nt to do anything that would annoy her, eg) staying out late and so on, but just try and carry on as normal. a good book is 'the curious incident of the dog in the night time', by Mark Haddon im not saying youre brother will turn out like this ki, chances are he wont, but it shows the pros and cons of asperges syndrome. add me on msn or emailme if you just want to talk, wonderhat@hotmail.com\ngood luck! hope everything turns out ok for you\nactualy\ni KNOW it will!\nxxx\nxx\nx
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I have a group on Yahoo! called Aspies Are Us. You are more than willing to join. We are a bunch of Aspies/Auties-higher-functioning folks--as long as it doesn't offend you. ;-)\n\nGood luck!\n\nMichelle\n\nPs... My group has lots of resources--and you can ask us ANY questions about your son. Take care! God Bless you & your son!
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www.autism-society.org is an informative website. I believe the incidence of autism is measurably higher in boys.
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All my links are here if they are of any use to you [just ignore all the other links on my Blinklist ;oP] - http://www.blinklist.com/Tarnished_Sprout/Autism - very few there, but I found them interesting.
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There are several networking services and autism discussion forums in your area. Some you may want to check out include:\nhttp://www.autismlink.com/discussion/\nhttp://www.autismlink.com/states.php?state=CT\nhttp://www.autismsocietyofct.org/\nhttp://www.ctfeat.org/\nhttp://www.ct-asrc.org/\nhttp://www.ctautism.org/\nBest wishes!\n~Shanynn
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I'm going to go out on a limb and guess you are referring to Asperger's Syndrome.  This is a neurological disorder that is sometimes compared to Autism.  There are many, many listings on the web.  O.A.S.I.S. [http://www.udel.edu/bkirby/asperger] is a parents' resource group you might find helpful.  If Asperger's is the diagnosis you should find a copy of the book "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1400032717/sr=8-1/qid=1143526150/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-2335561-3963025?%5Fencoding=UTF8].  It's a wonderful, clever story and the hero happens to be a boy with Asperger's Syndrome.  It presents a very human picture of the boy and his approach to everyday life.
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Diagnostic Criteria For 299.80 Asperger's Disorder\n\nA. Qualitative impairment in social interaction, as manifested by at least two of the following:\n\n   1. marked impairments in the use of multiple nonverbal behaviors such as eye-to-eye gaze, facial expression, body postures, and gestures to regulate social interaction\n\n   2. failure to develop peer relationships appropriate to developmental level\n\n   3. a lack of spontaneous seeking to share enjoyment, interests, or achievements with other people (e.g. by a lack of showing, bringing, or pointing out objects of interest to other people)\n\n   4. lack of social or emotional reciprocity\n\nB. Restricted repetitive and stereotyped patterns of behavior, interests, and activities, as manifested by at least one of the following:\n\n   1. encompassing preoccupation with one or more stereotyped and restricted patterns of interest that is abnormal either in intensity or focus\n\n   2. apparently inflexible adherence to specific, nonfunctional routines or rituals\n\n   3. stereotyped and repetitive motor mannerisms (e.g., hand or finger flapping or twisting, or complex whole-body movements)\n\n   4. persistent preoccupation with parts of objects \n\nC. The disturbance causes clinically significant impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning\n\nD. There is no clinically significant general delay in language (e.g., single words used by age 2 years, communicative phrases used by age 3 years)\n\nE. There is no clinically significant delay in cognitive development or in the development of age-appropriate self-help skills, adaptive behavior (other than social interaction), and curiosity about the environment in childhood\n\nF. Criteria are not met for another specific Pervasive Developmental Disorder or Schizophrenia
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Try the The West Midland Autistic Society, they have a school for autistic children based in Coddington, I worked there as an agency worker for over a year, it was kewl. If you wanna go Agency, try Beresford Blake Thomas on 0121 212 2292 and ask for Karen Skelding. They're based all over the UK and very help full. If you do go to Agency working, change over to self employed within them, you get a higher rate of your tax refunded to you. BBT should have a list of companies who do this. Feel Free to contact me if you need anymore info. I've been there and done it and loved it. Good Luck! :0)
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Asperger's Syndrome may be characterized by: \n\n- "peer relationships characterized by absolute loyalty and impeccable dependability," \n\n- "seeking an audience or friends capable of: enthusiasm for unique interests and topics," \n\n- "consideration of details; spending time discussing a topic that may not be of primary interest," \n\n- "interested primarily in significant contributions to conversation; preferring to avoid 'ritualistic small talk' or socially trivial statements and superficial conversation," \n\n- "seeking sincere, positive, genuine friends with an unassuming sense of humor," \n\n- "advanced vocabulary and interest in words," \n\n- "strong preference for detail over gestalt," \n\n- "exceptional memory and/or recall of details ... for example: names, dates, schedules, routines," \n\n- "avid perseverance in gathering and cataloging information on a topic of interest," \n\n- "focused desire to maintain order and accuracy," \n\n- "clarity of values/decision making unaltered by political or financial factors," \n\n- "acute sensitivity to specific sensory experiences and stimuli, for example: hearing, touch, vision, and/or smell," \n\nand \n\n- "strength in individual sports and games, particularly those involving endurance or visual accuracy, including rowing, swimming, bowling, chess."
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Try this one www.efnc.com  or www.epilpsyfoundation.org\nYou should be able to get some useful info there.
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http://www.spondylitis.org/\nhttp://www.nass.co.uk/\nhttp://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ankylosingspondylitis.html\nhttp://www.medicinenet.com/ankylosing_spondylitis/article.htm\n\nHope this helps
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Aspergers Syndrom is a disorder on the Autistic spectrum. It disables him from social interaction and feelings. He may be very intellegent or need more academic help if he has the lower functioning version. It is not as serious as the others like PDD and Down syndrome and .... others ETC. But he may need a special class that ofers higher academics and more social skills and adult living classes. This class is called Autistic Support. hope this helps best of luck!!!
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I would recommend the following websites: \n\nhttp://www.paulakluth.com/autism.html (Website of Paula Kluth, Ph.D. - her book, "You're Going to Love this Kid!: Teaching Students with Autism in the Inclusive Classroom" is also great). \n\nhttp://www.autismawarenesscentre.com/default.asp?page=dynamicweb.asp&pcid=0&pid=45 ("The Discovery of 'Aspie' Criteria by Dr. Tony Attwood and Carol Gray"). \n\nhttp://www.autism.org/temple/tips.html (Teaching Tips for Children and Adults with Autism by Temple Grandin, Ph.D.). \n\n"Work to view my autism as a different ability rather than a disability. Look past what you may see as limitations and see the gifts autism has given me. I may not be good at eye contact or conversation, but have you noticed I don't lie, cheat at games, tattle on my classmates, or pass judgment on other people?" - "Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew" by Ellen Notbohm ( http://www.southflorida.com/sfparenting/sfe-sfp-autism,0,6196233.story ) \n\nI hope this helps! :)
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I recently joined a group on msn -\nhttp://groups.msn.com/Helpingoneanothertocope#\nthey have a great bunch of moms there who help you find everything you could ever want to know about autism. they have plenty of info at the site. give them a try. you have to sign up for a pass, and apply to the group, but as a new member, it was pretty simple. and good luck from a down syndrome mommy.
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Two of my sons have Asperger's Syndrome. It's not a disease.\n\nAsperger's Syndrome is very high functioning austism. People who have Asperger's (also called Aspie's or AS) are generally socially clumsy or inhibited or immature for their age. \n\nAspies tend to be obsessed with one or two things that interest them and not much else. For example, my son Ken is fascinated with electronics. He can tell you how to build a diode, but getting him to remember to bathe can be a real chore.\n\nAsperger's generally affects far more boys than girls, the reason for this is unknown. Also, kids with Asperger's are NOT mentally retarded in any way, in fact, quite the opposite, on IQ tests, these kids score in genius levels. Example, my boys have IQs of 153 and 147 respectively.\n\nSocial interaction is very difficult for kids with Asperger's. They tend to bore other kids because of their single minded obsessions, and thus get picked on a lot. They also get easily bored or frustrated with other kids because they cannot understand why the other kids could care less about the difference between the wing design on one sort of plane versus another.\n\nAlso, people with AS have a hard time understanding body language and facial expressions. This makes it difficult for them to realize that other people want to end a conversational topic, or have a turn to talk, or whatever.\n\nYour day care provider is probably following the advice of her son's autism specialist in trying to create as stress free an environment as possible for her son to be in. He probably comes home from school completely emotionally overloaded and walking into a house full of yet more children probably overwhelms him to the point that he can't do much of anything but sit there staring at the wall, entering what in our house we call "shut down" mode.\n\nI hope this helps you understand Asperger's a little bit more. If not, you can get more information at Wikipedia:\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asperger's_syndrome