Frequently asked Questions How does Asperger's syndrome impact the person? The impacts Asperger’s include are repetitive routines, awkward body postures or gestures, and difficulty judging personal space. People with Asperger’s have repetitive routines. For example, if someone with Asperger’s ate toast for breakfast one day they would eat it over, and, over, and over. Also if that person changed there routine slightly they would have a temper tantrum. People with Asperger’s will not understand personal space. They are not afraid to get into peoples personal space, and they think it is okay. When children with Asperger’s have awkward body postures or gestures they will go on with their lives and think it is normal. All in all there are many impacts on people with Asperger’s syndrome. What strategies are used to help the individual with Asperger's syndrome lead a more productive life? Identifying Asperger’s is not very hard. You can identify Asperger’s when children are not playing with peers, they have difficulty understanding emotion, and have trouble reading body languages and/or social cues. Children diagnosed with Asperger’s would rather not make direct eye contact so they don’t really have many of friends. When I was reading the book Mockingbird the main character Caitlin has Asperger’s and did not understand why her dad was crying or why a girl was miserable when Caitlin said she was ugly and she looked unpleasant. As you can see children diagnosed with Asperger’s do not enjoy interacting with others. How to identify Asperger's syndrome? When diagnosed with Asperger’s there is no cure but different therapies help. These therapies include talk therapy, occupational or physical therapy, and speech language therapy. Talk therapy helps the child with Asperger’s understand others more and learn how to interact with people. Physical therapy for children with Asperger’s makes them feel fresh and play outside and find a hobby they like to do. Speech language therapy is also always spectacular. It lets children with Asperger’s get used to interacting with others. There is no cure for Asperger’s but many strategies like therapies can help. What research is being done for Asperger's syndrome? NINDS are sponsering research to understand what causes Asperger's syndrome and how it could be efficiently treated. There are two studies one is using functional magnetic resonance imaging to show how abnormalities in particular areas of the brain cause changes in brain function that result in the symptom of Asperger's. Another study includes a clinical trial testing the effectivness of anti depressiant in people with Asperger's syndrome who exhibit high levels of obsessive behavior and a long-rage study to collect an analyze DNA samples from a large group of children with Asperger's and there families to identify genes and genetic interactions that are linked to Asperger's sydrome.
How does Asperger's syndrome impact the person?
The impacts Asperger’s include are repetitive routines, awkward body postures or gestures, and difficulty judging personal space. People with Asperger’s have repetitive routines. For example, if someone with Asperger’s ate toast for breakfast one day they would eat it over, and, over, and over. Also if that person changed there routine slightly they would have a temper tantrum. People with Asperger’s will not understand personal space. They are not afraid to get into peoples personal space, and they think it is okay. When children with Asperger’s have awkward body postures or gestures they will go on with their lives and think it is normal. All in all there are many impacts on people with Asperger’s syndrome.
What strategies are used to help the individual with Asperger's syndrome lead a more productive life?
Identifying Asperger’s is not very hard. You can identify Asperger’s when children are not playing with peers, they have difficulty understanding emotion, and have trouble reading body languages and/or social cues. Children diagnosed with Asperger’s would rather not make direct eye contact so they don’t really have many of friends. When I was reading the book Mockingbird the main character Caitlin has Asperger’s and did not understand why her dad was crying or why a girl was miserable when Caitlin said she was ugly and she looked unpleasant. As you can see children diagnosed with Asperger’s do not enjoy interacting with others.
How to identify Asperger's syndrome?
When diagnosed with Asperger’s there is no cure but different therapies help. These therapies include talk therapy, occupational or physical therapy, and speech language therapy. Talk therapy helps the child with Asperger’s understand others more and learn how to interact with people. Physical therapy for children with Asperger’s makes them feel fresh and play outside and find a hobby they like to do. Speech language therapy is also always spectacular. It lets children with Asperger’s get used to interacting with others. There is no cure for Asperger’s but many strategies like therapies can help.
What research is being done for Asperger's syndrome?
NINDS are sponsering research to understand what causes Asperger's syndrome and how it could be efficiently treated. There are two studies one is using functional magnetic resonance imaging to show how abnormalities in particular areas of the brain cause changes in brain function that result in the symptom of Asperger's. Another study includes a clinical trial testing the effectivness of anti depressiant in people with Asperger's syndrome who exhibit high levels of obsessive behavior and a long-rage study to collect an analyze DNA samples from a large group of children with Asperger's and there families to identify genes and genetic interactions that are linked to Asperger's sydrome.