Hans Asperger

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Mandal described the history of Autism from the first researchers studying Autism Hans Asperger and Leo Kanner. Asperger who described the children as very able while Kanner described the children as severely affected.Eugen Bleuler coined the word "Autism" in 1908 among severely withdrawn schizophrenic patients.In 1943 American child psychiatrist Leo

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. Hans

Kranner reported on cases of children who he labeled as autistic, who had major problems in communication and social interactions as well as bizarre repetitive movements and an obsessive dislike of change. Asperger reported cases of children, whom he referred to as having autistic psychopathy, who he thought had normal intelligence and language but who were socially isolated and had obsessive interests in extraordinarily narrow areas. The areas particularly

This implicitly links with the observations of Attwood (2007 p 56) which describe Asperger syndrome (as part of the autism spectrum of characteristics) and social interaction as “when someone is alone, relaxed and enjoying a special interest, the characteristics ... do not cause clinically significant impairment in social, occupational

use the term autism to identify schizophrenic patients. Autism and schizophrenia correlated in the minds of doctors and psychologists for many years until they started differentiating them. A German scientist named Hans Asperger describes a "milder" form of autism now known as Asperger 's Syndrome (Sole-Smith). The cases he reported were all boys who were highly intelligent but had trouble with social interactions and specific obsessive interests (Sole-Smith). The word autism is rooted from the Greek

will elaborate on the Asperger’s syndrome in terms of diagnosis, therapy and how to distinguish the Asperger’s among the other disorders. Asperger’s were first recognized by Hans Asperger 1944 and Leo Kanner in 1943 as a developmental disorder; however, it was reintroduced again in 1981 “since Wing’s (1981) introduced to Hans Asperger’s seminal work of 1944, and since inclusion of the disorder as a diagnostic category in Diagnostic and statistical Mantel disorders-Fourth Edition “(Myles 2007). Asperger’s

would try to cuddle with him, he would stiffen like a board to avoid being touched. For quite some time Raymond’s mother thought she was the reason why he didn’t like to be close to anyone, little did she know at the time that her son struggled with Asperger Syndrome. Raymond began speaking in full correct sentences at the age of two, he also began to read and write at three. The first book he read was the first installment of the Harry Potter series, although he didn’t really understand it fully

Pervasive Developmental Disorders are characterized by “severe and pervasive impairment in several areas of development” (Tsai, 1998). In the 1994 edition of the Diagnostic Statistic Manuel version IV, three new categories were introduced under Pervasive Developmental Disorders. These include: Asperger's Disorder, Childhood Disintigrative Disorder, and Rett's Disorder (Volkmar, 2005). All these disorders occur in early childhood and are often not noticed by a parent or primary care-giver until it

About Asperger Syndrome The disorder is named after Hans Asperger, a Viennese pediatrician who, in 1944, first described a set of behavior patterns apparent in some of his patients, mostly males. Asperger noticed that although these boys had normal intelligence and language development, they had severely impaired social skills, were unable to communicate effectively with others, and had poor coordination. According to the Asperger Syndrome Coalition of the United States, the onset of AS may be later