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Asperger Syndrome


  • apparently inflexible adherence to specific, non-functional routines or rituals
  • stereotyped and repetitive motor mannerisms (e.g., hand or finger flapping or twisting, or complex whole-body movements)
  • persistent preoccupation with parts of objects

  • The disturbance causes clinically significant impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.

  • There is no clinically significant general delay in language (e.g., single words used by age 2 years, communicative phrases used by age 3 years)

  • There is no clinically significant delay in cognitive development or in the development of age-appropriate self-help skills, adaptive behavior (other than in social interaction), and curiosity about the environment in childhood.

  • Criteria are not met for another specific Pervasive Developmental Disorder or Schizophrenia.

    According to the DSM-IV classifications, AS is a separate and distinct syndrome from autistic disorder or autism. However, there are still debates as to whether AS is a syndrome in its own right, or a form of autism.

    The copyright of the article Asperger Syndrome in Autism is owned by Sharon Gillson. Permission to republish Asperger Syndrome in print or online must be granted by the author in writing.

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