What Are the Symptoms of Asperger’s Syndrome?
While all children with Asperger’s Syndrome are different, what sets them apart are their social challenges and obsessive interests. Children with Asperger’s Syndrome may exhibit poor social interactions, unusual speech patterns, and limited facial expressions. They might have unique mannerisms, obsessive routines or interests, and sensitivity to sensory stimuli.
For a child with Asperger’s Syndrome, you may see one or more of the following patterns of behavior:
- Difficulty with social interactions and social language
- Not understanding emotions well or having less facial expression than others
- Not using or understanding nonverbal communication, such as gestures, body language, and facial expression
- Conversations that revolve around themselves or a certain topic
- Speech that sounds unusual, such as flat, high-pitched, quiet, loud, or choppy
- An intense obsession with one or two specific, narrow subjects
- Unique mannerisms, repetitive behaviors, or repeated routines
- Becoming upset at slight changes in routines
- Memorizing preferred information and facts easily
- Clumsy, uncoordinated movements, including difficulty with handwriting
- Difficulty managing emotions, sometimes leading to verbal or behavioral outbursts, self-injurious behaviors, or tantrums
- Not understanding other peoples’ feelings or perspectives
- Hypersensitivity to lights, sounds, and textures
Children with Asperger’s Syndrome often show no delays in their overall language development (e.g., grammar skills and vocabulary), but can have trouble using language in a social context. They may have average intelligence but can have problems with attention span and organization.
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