Hans Asperger

According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-IV of the American Psychiatric Association (citied in Klin & Volkmar, 1995) the definition of Asperger Syndrome there is a qualitative impairment in social interaction. There should be at least two of the following impairments in social interaction: a marked impairment in multiple nonverbal behaviors such as eye contact, facial expressions, body

Introduction The relationship between Asperger syndrome and autism has been a controversial topic in psychology. There is not a definite correlation which has been decided upon between the two and chiefly due to the fact that they are both overly similar. Concisely, psychologists seek to identify the main difference between them. In a simpler way, it is not yet clear whether autism and Asperger syndrome should be defined as independent (distinct) terms, or whether Asperger syndrome should be categorized

known as Aspergers. Their traits can affect their social, mental, and behavioral aspects of life. Because of this, peers might classify them as weird simply because they do not act the same way, causing a decline in self confidence. Diagnosis can tremendously help to jumpstart treatment in this area. Despite lack of knowledge about Aspergers, a disorder closely related to autism, it is very much its own; not only in the way it is diagnosed, but also in its characteristics. Hans Aspergers first described

communication), and by repetitive behaviors. Autism is an extremely incapacitating developmental disorder. Autism has been recognized as distinct subtypes including autistic disorder, childhood disintegrative disorder, pervasive developmental disorder, and Asperger syndrome. Now all autism disorders

objects. Also Asperger’s has no clinically significant delay in language, cognitive development, or in adaptive behavior. There is still uncertainty in diagnosing someone with Asperger because of the similarities in high functioning autism and Asperger. According to Attwood (1998) there can be two stages to identifying Asperger. The first stage is to use a rating scale that involves both parents and teachers. There are two new rating scales one developed in Sweden and the other was developed in Australia

every day functions (Stoddart, 2005, p.14). Asperger had a positive view on these children. He recognized that these qualities could present some difficulties, but he instead focused on the strengths of these abnormalities (Silverman & Weinfeld, 2007, p. 3). Asperger believed that the characteristics he observed would lead to strengths across the lifespan that would not be present in a normal-developing child (Silverman & Weinfeld, 2007, p. 3). Asperger believed that these children should and could

Hans Asperger, a pediatrician from Austria, began to study a group of children at his clinic in 1944. He noticed that the young boys he was studying were clumsy, lacked social skills, and did not understand nonverbal communication. Asperger’s syndrome (AS), named after Doctor Hans Asperger, is a developmental disorder. Research by Woodbury-Smith and Volkmar (2009), claim that AS was originally thought of as a less severe form of Autism, in which the individual has higher linguistic ability but still

In 1912, Paul Eugen Bleuler, a Swiss psychiatrist, coined the word “autism” within the American Journal of Insanity. The term, derived from the Greek autos meaning “self”, described what he believed to be the childhood form of schizophrenia. Bleuler authored The Textbook of Psychiatry in 1916 which set the standard for many years until an Austrian-American physician, Leo Kanner, published his landmark article titled “Autistic Disturbances of Affective Contact” in the journal The Nervous Child in

people and may not fit into the box that society thinks is “normal” and that makes me unique. In 1944, Hans Asperger published a definition of Autism. He studied four boys and noted that they all had the same symptoms, a lack of empathy, little ability to form friendships, and often had one sided conversations. He also noticed that these kids were more prone to being bullied. Anyone with Aspergers or Autism should not be treated differently in general especially within the learning environment.

of the chosen disability Asperger syndrome is a lifelong neurological development disorder that affects how a person’s brain processes information (McPartland & Klin, 2006; Foreman & Arthur-Kelly, 2011). It is an autism spectrum disorder and is characterised primarily by qualitative degrees of “impairments in social interaction, verbal and non-verbal communications and by repetitive patterns of behaviour, interests and activities” (Barnhill, 2001, p. 260). Asperger syndrome was first identified