Whats the difference between Aspergers Disorder and Autistic Disorder?
Children with Asperger’s Disorder usually do not have the language or cognitive deficits evident in children with Autistic Disorder. Children with Asperger’s Disorder may communicate verbally but you may feel they’re talking at you rather than with you. In both disorders, children have difficulty grasping social situations. The two disorders can be thought of as on a continuum; at one end of the range are high functioning children with Asperger’s and at the other end are children with Autistic Disorder who are more severely impaired and may be retarded. Youngsters can fall anywhere on this spectrum. For example, a child diagnosed with Autistic Disorder can be retarded and have severe language deficits, whereas another child with the same diagnosis can have some social and communication skills and is more likely to appear to others as a child with learning problems. Can’t a child with ASD and get better by learning more language? Children with ASD will struggle with some issues througho
