Know What Asperger Syndrome Is

THE Asperger's syndrome It is one of the Invasive Developmental Disorders, but difficult to diagnose because it is a disease in which patients do not have learning or cognitive process delays.

Often people with the syndrome are confused with autistic, because of the similar characteristics of the disorders. The main problem of the disease is directly linked to the difficulties of social interaction, understanding of communication and behavior.

Unlike autistic, Asperger's carrier has no delay or learning disability. They are often easy on numbers, memorizations, science-related subjects, and often have higher than usual IQs.

The Speech Therapist, specialist in Autistic Spectrum Disorders, Milene Rossi Pereira Barbosa, explains that Asperger Syndrome is from the same family as Autism and is characterized by impaired social interaction, but its course of development is marked by a lack of any delay. clinically significant in spoken language.

THE Asperger's syndrome It is the result of a genetic problem and affects more boys than girls. It is possible to make the diagnosis of the disease when the child is between 3 and 7 years old and is starting his social life.

Common Features of Asperger Carriers:

• Has difficulty dealing with other people, interacting socially;
• Has motor difficulties and no sports skills;
• Cannot understand metaphors, ironies, double-meaning words and is often called naive;
• Has superior ability to deal with math, science, dates and memorizations, and because of this is sometimes mistaken for a genius;
• You can't look someone else in the eye when you are talking, you get a lost look without fixing it anywhere;
• Has difficulty understanding the feelings of others (for example, when someone is sad) and of oneself; and therefore may be considered insensitive;
• It is easy to learn to read alone, even very small;
• Has a peculiar speech and uses different words, with a vocabulary usually beyond your age.

In addition to social difficulties, people with the syndrome often have motor problems, such as holding a pencil or grabbing a soccer ball. It is common for them not to have sports skills.

Another characteristic of the syndrome is that patients have difficulties understanding metaphors and ironies. They are extremely literal (pragmatic) and therefore sometimes treated as eccentric. "For example, when greeted by a" how are you? "Syndrome sufferers do not understand that the question refers to how they are feeling, but whether it is going on foot, by bus or not, but coming?" explains the doctor.

? Another striking feature of the bearer of the syndrome is his interest and limited behavior. They talk constantly, even to exhaustion, about a certain subject they like ?, explains the speech therapist.

Treatment for Asperger's Syndrome It consists in perfecting the patient's abilities and discovering their difficulties in school, with the family and with the social world. The diagnosis is made by a multidisciplinary team formed by psychiatrist or neuropediatrician, psychologist and speech therapist.

Dealing with the person with the syndrome can be complicated, but it is important for the family to understand their difficulties and limitations. "The bearer of the syndrome has a different logic of communication and social world, so it is important to understand how the patient's head works," concludes the doctor.

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