| If you have a child who has a few of the many | | | | show that they have lack of social skills, they |
| common symptoms of somebody with Asperger | | | | don't like to be touched, not even by their |
| syndrome or autism, you may be thinking if there | | | | parents, they do not thrive in developing |
| is a true way to distinguish clinically if your child | | | | friendships like several other kids do, and they do |
| really has it, or just indicates minor signs. If this is | | | | not like any social constructs that are "new". |
| a in fact new subject to you, I am sure it is, you | | | | In other words, if your kid has a schedule he or |
| might be worried about the causes and effects of | | | | she sticks to each morning and you modify |
| Asperger syndrome and if there is anything you | | | | something, even something extremely small, they |
| could do in order to keep your child from having it | | | | not only notice it, but their moods usually change |
| get worse. | | | | astronomically! |
| First off, let's talk a little bit about Asperger's | | | | One more characteristic that a lot of children |
| syndrome history. This condition was initially | | | | have is the incapability to speak or relay their |
| described as Hands Asperger back in 1944 when | | | | messages to you correctly/directly. A lot of kids |
| a doctor named Hans Asperger began to find | | | | have bad motor ability, delayed speech, or they |
| people who had clinical characteristics extremely | | | | also tend to frame their own means of talking. |
| similar to autism. The main dissimilarity between | | | | This is one of the very worst symptoms, I think. |
| what Hans found and what is occurring in our kids | | | | If your child stops speaking normal English words |
| nowadays. | | | | and makes up his or her own language with |
| In 1994 The American Psychiatric Association | | | | grunts or sign language or stops talking at all, this |
| added Asperger's syndrome to it's Diagnostic and | | | | is about the time that everybody, especially you, |
| Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. its not, | | | | realizes that something is wrong. Something is not |
| though, listed under autism. Instead, its listed | | | | exchanging correctly from a neurological |
| under a rather wider broad spectrum in the | | | | standpoint. |
| Pervasive Developmental Disorder segment of | | | | Another big symptom relates to sensory |
| the handbook. | | | | experiences or sensitivities. Lots of kids with |
| You might be thinking about a few of the most | | | | Asperger Syndrome extremely hate noisy |
| common characteristics of Aspergers. One of the | | | | situations or loud things like horns honking, fire |
| huge ones is social impairment. Lots of kids might | | | | alarms going off, parents fighting, etc. |