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1. The brain is wired differently
2. Digestive system difficulties
3. Difficulty with physical balance and coordination
4. Unable to understand concepts
5. Unusual manners
6. Literal thinking
7. Uneasy in social situations
8. Depression and anxiety
9. Black and white thinking
10. Extreme sensitivity
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 12y ago1. Founded by Hans Asperger
2. Before Asperger Syndrome it was called Autistic Psychopathy
3.Boys with AS outnumber girls typically by 4 to 1 or as much as 10 to 1.
4. Girls with AS are known as "copy cats" as they observe and copy the behavior of other females.
5. Boys with AS tend to be at higher risk of bullying as they are more quiet and shy
6. People with aspergers can be selectively mute (a chatterbox to one person and deadly silent to another)
7. Boys tend to be more interested in things like engineering as girls are more interested in things like Biology.
8. People with AS are often known to have near obsessive interests that are very specific. EX: If someone without AS likes an animal then they like the animal overall where as someone with AS may focus only the animal's face.
9. They tend to have normal to above normal intelligence however typically score lower in math than normal
10. Usually have sensitive senses (avoid bright lights, avoid certain foods, will not wear certain clothes due to their feel, ect)
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What are facts about Asperger's syndrome?
1.Aspergers was found and named after Hans Asperger,2. People with Aspergers are called "Aspies",3. Aspies are often more intelligent than the general population,4. People with aspergers often have terrific memorys. 5.Aspies are very logical,6.Boys are 3 to 4 times more likely to be diagnosed with aspergers,7. Aspergers is on the autism spectrum,8.Aspies are often literal minded and may not understand jokes, sarcasm, idioms, metathors etc,9. It is estimated that 1 in 250 people have aspergers.10. Aspies often have special intrests and obsessions that they enjoy leanring about.
What is profound Aspergers?
It is a more severe version of aspergers
Is aspergers syndrome and asburgers syndrome the same thing?
Close, asburgeres sounds similar to aspergers. Asburgeres specifically does not exist but aspergers does. Other names for aspergers is asperger(s) syndrome and autistic psychopathy which is the original name for aspergers.
Is aspergers a mentall illness?
Aspergers is not a mentall illness it is not a diesease you can,t catch aspergers by being around someone with aspergers. People with aspergers are born with it. Although aspergers affects the way people think and veiw the world it is not a diesese. Recent aspergers studies have shown that in brains of people with aspergers there is a difference in the way the brain is wired and set up. and there have also been studies of aspergers brain waves and it showed the brain waves of people with aspergers differed from nerotypical brain waves. Just because people with aspergers think differently does not make them mentally ill there is a huge difference between the two.
When was Aspergers Society of Ontario created?
Aspergers Society of Ontario was created in 2000.
What is asperger's sickness?
I dont know that Aspergers is a sickness. It is said usually that someone is "gifted" with Asperger. That means it is a blessing. Many Aspergers say that they wouldnt trade Aspergers with a neurotypical life. I dont think Aspergers is a sickness.
Does gayness happen a lot with people with disabilitys and or disorders like aspergers?
The percentage of gay disabled people and people with Asperger's is the same as the general population. They are no more likely to be gay than anyone else.
I don't have all of the symptoms of Aspergers. I have a nephew with Autism. Is it possible not to have all the symptoms of Aspergers and still have the condition?
Each person who has aspergers has a different personality, and aspergers manifests itself differently in different persons. So, probably, no one who has aspergers has all the symptoms, because the combination is different in each individual.
Is Aspergers a sex linked syndrom?
No, but in one study boys with aspergers outnumber girls 4 to 1 where as another study read that boys may outnumber girls by 10 to 1. I am a female Aspie and there is strong evidence showing that aspergers is caused within the genes, more likely on the father's side but it can happen on the mother's side as well.
What is aspi?
Aspie = Person with Aspergers Syndrome. It's friendly slang that those with Aspergers Syndrome use to refer to themselves. People without Aspergers Syndrome are referred to as NTs - Neurotypicals.
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What is like aspergers?
Aspergers is quite sorta... wierd. you can normally conversate and other things that non-aspergers people do but it's like seeing everything clearly but being behind a glass wall.
