The Benefits Of An Early Asperger 's Diagnosis

Asperger’s syndrome is becoming more and more common as time goes by. Each year, more children are being diagnosed. This paper focuses on Asperger’s Syndrome and developing social skills in various social settings. By looking at the etiology, diagnostic procedures, how the condition effects development, daily challenges, current social/cultural views, and relevant social interventions, a better understanding on how to develop social skills for children with Asperger’s Syndrome can ensue. The world revolves around social situations. This is how people are hired for jobs, ask for things, make new friends, meet their future spouse, etc. At the moment, social skills training and social support is minimal compared to where it potentially

Even as adults, sometimes we tend to question whether or not there is something more to us. In years past, and often still is, the subject of autism was unknown, and often misunderstood. Many times autistic tendencies are just dismissed as either bad behaviors or defiance. Many times the individual also has an underlying condition such as attention deficit disorder. This article sheds some light on that subject.

Approximately 947,570 Americans have Asperger’s Syndrome (AS), however, it is not an easy disorder to explain (Bashe 19). With multiple conditions and characteristics in each case, AS is not an easy disorder to diagnose. Asperger’s Syndrome was named after Hans Asperger, an Austrian physician, who first described the disorder in 1944 after studying a group of children with similar, unusual characteristics. However, AS was not made an official disease until 1994. Consequently, Asperger disease is just now becoming published and popular so there is still research and questions being answered. Asperger’s Syndrome, an autism spectrum disorder, is noted by above-average

Asperger’s syndrome, which is also referred to as Asperger's disorder, is a type of Persuasive Developmental Disorder. Persuasive Developmental Disorder or PDD are a group of conditions that involve delays in the development of basic skills, the most recognizable of these skills is the ability to communicate and socialize with others as well as use their own imagination. Although Asperger's syndrome is similar in some ways to autism, there are important differences between the two. Children with Asperger's syndrome typically function higher than those children with autism. In addition to them being higher functioning; children with Asperger's syndrome generally have normal intelligence and slightly less than normal language development.

The statistics and facts above have demonstrated that removing Asperger’s Disorder from the DSM-5, as a mental health diagnosis, negatively affects an entire population of people, referred to as Aspies. The underlying issue is the power the DSM-5 manual has on overall mental health to determine identities, diagnosis, treatment health and mental health services, educational services and more. One DSM change has power to affect an entire population of people with developmental disabilities. It is important to understand how this affects our society as a whole by examining how this problem affects family, religion, government, and economy.

Asperger’s syndrome is a developmental syndrome. It is said that every 2 out of 10,000 children are affected by this disorder. Asperger’s is mostly diagnosed in young children. Parents usually recognize symptoms of this disorder in their kids around the time they turn 3 years old. Asperger’s is sometimes considered a form of autism. I find this syndrome to be very intriguing. I’m going to enlighten you with more information about Asperger’s and a few real life cases of it.

Although there is no cure for Asperger's syndrome, masking the symptoms and overcoming the challenges is possible by learning proper social skills, staying within a comfort area, and having a good support structure. A person with Asperger's syndrome faces many daily challenges, such as carrying on a conversation or looking someone in the eyes while speaking. Jacob, the main character in House Rules, by Jodi Picoult, learns to live with these challenges and function as normally as he can. "Asperger's syndrome, also called Asperger's disorder, is a type of pervasive development disorder (PDD). PDDs are a group of conditions that involve delays in the development of many basic skills, most notably the ability to socialize with others, to

My Shield was the four autism puzzle pieces and I chose these is because Asperger's is I think the very beginning of autism. The other reason I chose that as my shield was because you never know if the people you meet or people you have already met may have either Asperger's or autism that has just gone unnoticed. I feel like I was a little shaky in starting my speech but by the end I was more sure of myself and acted like I knew what I was doing even though on the inside I had no idea what to do or say so the note cards really helped me collect my thoughts and express the points of why I chose my shield to be what it was and what some of the more important things in my life were.

Our identity is what makes us the person that we are today, but when society is putting pressure on us to become like everybody else it can be difficult to maintain our own identity. As people there are always challenges with life, the concepts of conforming to society's standards and forming and understanding your own identity are concepts that are explored in Mark Haddon’s novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. These ideas are challenged through the main character, Christopher Boone, who faces the everyday difficulties due to his autism and Asperger's syndrome, although these conditions are not mentioned in the book Christopher's characteristics point us to the conclusion of these conditions. Christopher faces many unique challenges about his identity as his brain does not function the same as most people, he is able to see the world in a different perspective and faces difficulties because of this.

Disabilities can be found in a variety of forms and manners. I believe people with given disabilities are often viewed upon as weak or lesser than a “regular” person, however, this is not the case as they can be fully functioning, successful individuals if the stigmas did not prevail. Asperger Syndrome is a type of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The effects of Asperger’s often include struggling in school and occupying a job later in life. Although there are limitations to the condition, people with Asperger’s show extensive knowledge for a specific interest and despite their disorder; they are still capable of major accomplishments. Christopher Boone, who suffers from Asperger’s, is the main character and narrator in the novel written

Children are largely shaped by the outside world. Their friends, family, and community determine their attitudes about life in a major way. However, when a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is born there are predetermined aspects to their health and personality. Large biological differences makes environments that are beneficial to atypical children potentially harmful to children who have autism. Autism directly impacts socialization and learning aspects that come easy to children who do not possess autism. Thus, large amount of social services are used to adjust the child to their environment. Growing up in a rural environment has many positive effects on an autistic child’s mindset and wellbeing, but these positive effects can often be outweighed by the risks associated with living in such a sparsely populated area.

This disorder or syndrome is somewhat similar to the one before. Asperger Syndrome is a relatively new condition to be added to the range of autism disorders (Searle). In both cases, individuals with Autism and Asperger find it hard to communicate with others. People with Asperger Syndrome are not only introvert, but also reserved .Unlike people with ADHD; most of them do not necessarily need to be alone what happens is that when they are not alone is that same social interaction which brings difficulties. Asperger affects the way they socialize and they are not aware that socialization teaches us attitudes and values that can be applied in any situation. They are very intelligent and capable of retaining information in certain topics; topics

Do you think Asperger syndrome has advantages if you do keep reading I'm going to talk about the main journey and the advantages of Asperger syndrome like compassion, logical thinking, and being smart.although some people think Asperger syndrome is a disadvantage it has advantages too and now to tell you about the first advantage compassion?

However, there is a possibility that genetics can play a role in the cause of the

However, some identities will accompany people’s whole lives no matter how the surrounding changes. The disabilities can be one example of that kind of identities. No one wants to be the disability, that will bring many troubles to their lives both physically and mentally. The pain of the disease tortures their body; the curious eyes of others afflict their mind. This kind of identities cannot satisfy people’s awareness or demand at all; unfortunately, these identities cannot change no matter how the environment changes. The other example is people’s family culture. People’s backgrounds are also a part of their identities; these cannot alter as well. People are born with races. We cannot choose our parents. Thus, we have no choice about our