An Open Invitation:
With your help, I hope to build a large collection of profiles on individuals with Asperger's Syndrome.
My nephew was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome about one year ago. He is now four years old. I have made this website to better understand him and to help others better understand Asperger's Syndrome. I am hoping that this questionnaire will help with both! Thank-you all in advance for your help!!
If you or someone you love has autism or Asperger's syndrome, I'd like to hear from you. Please try to answer the following questions as accurately as you can. Either e-mail your responses to me at "derin417670@aol.com or post your responses under comments on this post and I'll make a new post about you or your loved one as soon as I get a chance.
1) Are you answering these questions for a loved one with Asperger's Syndrome? If so, what is your relationship with him or her? Please provide your name(s) and location(s) in as much detail as you feel comfortable with. I would love it if you could include a photo, also!!
2) Please define Asperger's as concisely as you can. No dictionaries please; I'm looking for your understanding of the word. What would you like the world to know about Asperger's?
3.) When were you or your loved one born? Diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome? Have there been any other diagnoses?
4) Please describe social skills of you or your loved one.
5.) Please describe linguistic or language skills.
6.) What sort of therapies have you or your loved one tried? Have they helped over time? If so, how? Please describe any medications and their effects as best you can recall.
7.) What are some of your or your loved one's biggest difficulties today?
8.) Have you or your loved one made any special achievements you'd like to mention?
9.) What have you learned from your experience with Asperger's? Have you formed a philosophy or taken away any life lessons?
10.) What has been the greatest challenge for you or your loved one? The greatest reward?
11.) Is there anything else you would like to add about your experiences with Asperger's?
Thank-you so much for your participation! Tell your friends about this site!! Colleen
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What is Asperger's syndrome?
What is Asperger's Syndrome?
If you have met one child with Asperger's, you have met one child with Asperger's. That's how difficult it is to describe this condition. But I will try.
Asperger Syndrome is a neurobiological disorder. AS has been recognized as a distinct medical condition in Europe for almost 60 years, but has only been included in the U.S. medical diagnostic manual since 1994.Individuals with AS exhibit serious deficiencies in social and communication skills. Their IQ's are typically in the normal to very superior range. They are usually educated in the mainstrream, but most require special education services. Because of their naivete, those with AS are often viewed as "odd" by their peers and are frequently a target for bullying and teasing.They want to fit in socially and have friends, but have a great deal of difficulty making effective social connections. Many of them are at risk for developing mood disorders, such as anxiety or depression, especially in adolescence.
Characteristics of Asperger Syndrome
Each person is different. An individual might have all or only some of the described behaviors to have a diagnosis of AS.
-Marked impairment in the use of multiple nonverbal behaviors such as: eye gaze, facial expression, body posture, and gestures to regulate social interaction.
-Extreme difficulty in developing age-appropriate peer relationships.
-Inflexible adherence to routines and perseveration.
-Fascination with maps, globes, and routes.-Superior rote memory.
-Preoccupation with a particular subject to the exclusion of all others.
-Difficulty judging personal space, motor clumsiness
-Sensitivity to the environment, loud noises, clothing and food textures, and odors.
-Speech and language skills impaired in the areas of semantics, pragmatics, and prosody (volume, intonation, inflection, and rhythm).
-Difficulty understanding others' feelings.
-Formal style of speaking; often called the "Little Professor" Syndrome.
-Extreme difficulty reading and /or interpreting social cues.
-Socially and emotionally inappropriate responses.
-Literal interpretation of language, difficulty comprehending implied meanings.
-Extensive vocabulary. Reading begins at an early age (hyperlexia).
-Stereotyped or repetitive mannerisms.
-Difficulty with "give and take" of conversation.
If you have met one child with Asperger's, you have met one child with Asperger's. That's how difficult it is to describe this condition. But I will try.
Asperger Syndrome is a neurobiological disorder. AS has been recognized as a distinct medical condition in Europe for almost 60 years, but has only been included in the U.S. medical diagnostic manual since 1994.Individuals with AS exhibit serious deficiencies in social and communication skills. Their IQ's are typically in the normal to very superior range. They are usually educated in the mainstrream, but most require special education services. Because of their naivete, those with AS are often viewed as "odd" by their peers and are frequently a target for bullying and teasing.They want to fit in socially and have friends, but have a great deal of difficulty making effective social connections. Many of them are at risk for developing mood disorders, such as anxiety or depression, especially in adolescence.
Characteristics of Asperger Syndrome
Each person is different. An individual might have all or only some of the described behaviors to have a diagnosis of AS.
-Marked impairment in the use of multiple nonverbal behaviors such as: eye gaze, facial expression, body posture, and gestures to regulate social interaction.
-Extreme difficulty in developing age-appropriate peer relationships.
-Inflexible adherence to routines and perseveration.
-Fascination with maps, globes, and routes.-Superior rote memory.
-Preoccupation with a particular subject to the exclusion of all others.
-Difficulty judging personal space, motor clumsiness
-Sensitivity to the environment, loud noises, clothing and food textures, and odors.
-Speech and language skills impaired in the areas of semantics, pragmatics, and prosody (volume, intonation, inflection, and rhythm).
-Difficulty understanding others' feelings.
-Formal style of speaking; often called the "Little Professor" Syndrome.
-Extreme difficulty reading and /or interpreting social cues.
-Socially and emotionally inappropriate responses.
-Literal interpretation of language, difficulty comprehending implied meanings.
-Extensive vocabulary. Reading begins at an early age (hyperlexia).
-Stereotyped or repetitive mannerisms.
-Difficulty with "give and take" of conversation.
Friday, January 4, 2008
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