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Asperger’s Syndrome:
A look into a new face of Autism Spectrum Disorders

By
John Grove

Autism has many faces and facets involved in a complex disorder. Autism is a distinct group of complex disorders that involve issues with communicative disorders, social impairment as well as other complexities such as restrictive, repetitive, and stereotyped behavior. Autism Spectrum Disorders include disorders such as Asperger’s, Autistic Disorder, Pervasive Development Disorder, and Childhood Disintegrative Disorder. Asperger’s Syndrome is considered by many to be the least debilitative of the Autism Spectrum Disorders. It is considered that with treatment the individuals with Asperger’s will function in daily life with little …show more content…

It was officially changed to Asperger’s syndrome in 1992, and was listed with the World Health Organization in 1994 when it was listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Asperger’s syndrome has many different signs or symptoms including things such as speech that has a lack of rhythm or odd inflections, or even a monotone inflection when speaking. They often lack an ability to match their voice volumes to the environment that they are in. They talk about a singular interest and can become bored or disinterested with anything that does not revolved around that singular interest. They gather fact and data about the singular interest and will work to interject that interest into any conversation so that the new conversation will revolve around that interest. Some children may have more than one interest but generally not more than a couple. Their lives revolve singularly around these interests and any other social behavior is awkward and difficult for them to handle. It is noted that individuals can be long winded and have little regard to another’s feelings during a conversation. They hijack the conversation and make it about what they think is important so that they can stay interested in the conversation. They can also have problems making eye contact with others especially those that they do not trust or have a personal bond with. They are generally known for having a hard

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