Aspergers Children and Intensity-Seeking: 2-Minute Tip
This Week's 2-Minute Tip: Aspergers Children and Intensity-Seeking ==> My Aspergers Child: Preventing Meltdowns and Tantrums in Aspergers Children
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Strategies for Parents and Teachers: Summary of Mark Hutten's Lecture
The autism spectrum extends from “classic autism” (which lies at the lower end of the spectrum) through to Aspergers (which is characterized as being at the mildest and highest functioning end of the spectrum). Aspergers reflects deviations or abnormalities in four aspects of development: 1. Certain behavioral and stylistic characteristics such as repetitive or persevering features 2. Limited, but intense, range of interests 3. Social relatedness and social skills 4. The use of language for purposes of communication These dysfunctional features can range from mild to severe. Aspergers is characterized by: • a better prognosis than other Autism spectrum disorders • difficulties with pragmatic, or social language • extending into the very superior range of cognitive ability • high cognitive abilities - or, at least, “normal” IQ level • normal language function when compared to other autistic disorders Diagnostic Criteria from DSM— Aspergers: