What is the difference between Autism and Aspergers Disorder?
Asperger’s Syndrome is a neurological disorder that, like others on the spectrum, is marked by difficulties in communication and social interaction. Like autism, individuals diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome find it challenging, even impossible, to connect with others, often don’t hold eye contact and have trouble reading other people’s faces and gestures. Many kids flap their hands, a behavior often associated with classic autism; speak without much emotion (or have otherwise unusual speech patterns); need to follow schedules rigidly or else the world feels out of control, and are intensely, even obsessively, interested in one specific subject, so much that they become veritable experts in that field. They also exhibit sensitivities to various stimuli, from sounds to clothing to food items. Compared with classic autism, however, children with Asperger’s Syndrome usually don’t show any signs of major cognitive difficulties Instead, their IQ falls in the normal or even superior range a
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