Asperger's  United

Autism is a developmental disability and is part of the “autistic spectrum”.  Whilst there are three main areas that an autistic person will have, how it affects the individual person can vary in many ways.  Many can live normal and active lives whilst others will require a lifetime of specialist support. 

 

These three areas that all autistic people have are:-

 

• Difficulties with social communication

• Difficulties with social integration

• Difficulties with social imagination

 

It is a struggle for people to understand that the individual person has a disability as it is not visible, then the child gets labelled as naughty and this then can be very distressing to for the parents and the family.

 

Asperger’s Syndrome is a form of autism and sits at the higher end of the spectrum, but their learning difficulties tend to be more moderate than those diagnosed with severe Autism.  Indeed they can be intellectually gifted in certain subjects, but will display difficulties in social understanding and communication.  This means they can appear rude and arrogant, eccentric “geeky”, and over elaborate.  They will generally not understand sarcasm, irony and jokes.  They may also lack the ability to pick up on facial expressions and body language displayed by others.

 

Diagnosis can be time consuming, frustrating and a seemingly never ending battle with school, health care professionals and family. 

 

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