Asperger’s syndrome, described by the Austrian doctor named after him, is a disorder of brain development, characterized by a serious alteration of interpersonal relationships and repetitive behavioral disorders.
People with Asperger’s syndrome tend to focus or focus on one object or idea, ignoring others. They have problems with adults or children of the same age because they are unable to respond emotionally to everyday social situations. They are adamant in their routines and do not express feelings of joy when they find happiness in others. They don’t isolate themselves from the world as they sometimes do with people with autism and try to connect with other people, but because of language and speech problems they tend to be isolated.
- Children with this syndrome are intelligent and physically normal.
- Without delay in language.
- Their understanding of social situations is extremely naive.
- However.
- They are noble.
- Sincere and faithful.
- Not to mention their infinite kindness.
- They suffer from motor delays walking.
- Delay in learning to ride a bike.
- Grabbing a ball with their hands or playing games) Their body language can be null and void.
- Sometimes they can speak in a monotonous tone.
- And in other cases.
- They do not know how to modulate the volume of their voice.
- Depending on where they are.
They are often labeled as strange or weird. It affects boys more significantly, and to a lesser extent girls, in the age group of 7 to 16 years; symptoms can be evident in the first few years of life, with motor delay during the preschool period and lack of social interaction at a later school stage. The progression of the disease is continuous throughout life, experts evaluate a group of basic behavioral attitudes to accurately diagnose this syndrome, including:
Psychologists and psychiatrists are in charge of making a correct assessment and prescribing a treatment, since Asperger’s syndrome can often be confused with autism; Although they are part of (PDD), the global developmental disorder and share similarities, they are very different disorders.
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