A 40-year-old member asked:
Please tell me what's the difference between autism and aspergers?
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Dr. Jeff Jacobsanswered
Child Psychiatry 24 years experience
Autism spectrum: Autistic disorders, like many, if not most, other diseases and disorders, exist on a spectrum from milder to more severe. Asperger's disorder is a way of describing someone in the "higher functioning" or "milder" range of the spectrum. Although if you are someone or a loved one with the disorder, there is probably nothing that seems " mild" about it. Best wishes.
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Dr. Patricia Harkinsanswered
Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics 33 years experience
Difference: Asperger syndrome is part of the autism spectrum. In the usa it is no longer a proper diagnosis, although it does describe a particular pattern within the spectrum. Generally, they have more social interest, they have at least average (often high) intelligence, and they have narrow areas of interest (weather, dinosaurs, pokemon, etc) about which they learn every fact.
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Dr. Johanna Frickeanswered
Pediatrics - Developmental and Behavioral 52 years experience
Because the same : core deficits - diminished or absent joint attention, facial recognition & Theory Of Mind - exist in all types of Autistic Spectrum Disorder, the diagnoses of Asperger Syndrome & PDD-NOS were subsumed into ASD in the DSM-V. The level of ASD is defined by the type & degree of supports needed for a person with ASD to function optimally, 1 being the lowest level of need & 3 being the highest.
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A 32-year-old member asked:
Help please? What is the difference between aspergers and autism?
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Dr. Jeff Jacobsanswered
Child Psychiatry 24 years experience
Autism spectrum: Autistic disorders, like many, if not most, other diseases and disorders, exist on a spectrum from milder to more severe. Asperger's disorder is a way of describing someone in the "higher functioning" or "milder" range of the spectrum. Although if you are someone or a loved one with the disorder, there is probably nothing that seems " mild" about it. Best wishes.
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A 45-year-old member asked:
Whats the difference between aspergers and autism?
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Dr. Alan Jacobsanswered
Neurology 34 years experience
Degree: Under the umbrella condition termed pervasive developmental disorders, there is a spectrum of severity where the least severe condition has been referred to as asperger's syndrome and the most severe end of the spectrum is severe autism.
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A 34-year-old member asked:
What is the difference between aspergers and autism in general?
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Dr. Cornelia Franzanswered
Specializes in Pediatrics
They are both: On the spectrum of autism disorder. Aspergers in general is more high functioning. They are all very bright people.. Aspergers tend to excel academically and have social problems because they do not read emotional cues well at all. Autism usually has more severe developmental and language delays with diarrhea, constipation, self stemming, and eating issues. This is a broad and general description.
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A 45-year-old member asked:
What is the difference between autism and aspergers?
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A Verified Doctoranswered
42 years experience
Autism spectrum: Please refer to the following review.En.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/autism_spectrum
the autism spectrum or autistic spectrum describes a range of conditions classified as neurodevelopmental disorders in the fifth revision of the diagnostic ...
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