ASPERGERS SYNDROME

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ASPERGERS SYNDROME
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Aspergers Syndrome

• Aspergers Syndrome is a disorder on the autism
  spectrum that causes restriction to normal
  functioning in
• -Communication
• -Socialisation
• -Imagination
• -The ability to behave and think with any level
  of flexibility
• -Physical Co-ordination
• It affects male and female but affects the male
  population in significantly higher numbers.

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Aspergers Syndrome

• COMMUNICATION
• Language impairment across all modes of
  communication
• speech, intonation, gesture, facial expression
• and other body language.

IMAGINATION Rigidity and inflexibility of
thought process resistance to change,
obsessional and ritualistic behaviour.
SOCIALISATION Difficulties with social
relationships, poor social timing, lack of social
empathy, rejection of normal body contact,
inappropriate eye contact.
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ASPERGERS SYNDROMEPossible Traits
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Aspergers Syndrome

• Limited range of interest and pronounced lack of
  flexibility
• Adherence to specific rituals and do not like
  change, candidates are comfortable in their
  routines
• Anxiety features significantly in the lives of
  those affected, this is normally to a feeling of
  low self-esteem, the fear of failure of being
  misunderstood and of not understanding others
• A characteristic may be that of being very
  egotistical and chauvinistic in the creation of
  impossibly high standards for themselves in all
  that they do
• Disruptive behaviours either at home or college
  or in both may be evident
• Very often the signs of Aspergers Syndrome are
  not noticed until the young person is at
  secondary age, the difficulties may not be
  academic (very often the candidate is in the top
  end of the class, if not top!)

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Aspergers Syndrome

• Normally exhibit to a greater or lesser degree a
  Triad of Impairment, this is the defining
  characteristic of autism
• Difficulties in developing social relationships,
  very poor social timing, do not relate to body
  language
• General lack of social empathy combined with lack
  of understanding of other peoples feeling
• Candidates may use inappropriate eye contact
• Average or above intelligence, normally have
  speech/verbal skills
• Good verbal skills mask a tendency to rely on
  literal meaning and an inability to read body
  language and facial expressions
• Weak physical and visual-motor skills and
  clumsiness are characteristics of Aspergers
  syndrome