Part 11: Teaching Strategies for Students with Asperger’s and High-Functioning Autism – Academic Difficulties
Kids with Asperger’s (AS) and High-Functioning Autism (HFA): frequently have an excellent rote memory, but it is mechanical in nature (i.e., the youngster may respond like a video that plays in set sequence) have a pedantic speaking style and impressive vocabularies that give the false impression that they understand what they are talking about, when in reality they are merely parroting what they have heard or read have poor problem-solving skills tend to be very literal (i.e., their images are concrete, and abstraction is poor) usually have average to above-average intelligence – especially in the verbal sphere – but lack high level thinking and comprehension skills Programming Suggestions for Teachers: 1. The writing assignments of students with AS and HFA are often repetitious, flit from one subject to the next, and contain incorrect word connotations. These kids frequently do not know the difference between general knowledge and personal ideas, and therefore assume t