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What sort of problem is asperger syndrome?

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Asperger syndrome: Is a mild form of autism.

Answered 7/20/2012

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Dr. Glen Elliott answered

Specializes in Child Psychiatry

Related to autism: Asperger's disorder shares with autism a marked impairment in the ability of an individual to engage socially with others; it also typically is characterized by intense, sometimes quite odd, interests is specific topics or activities. It's major difference from autism is that language is relatively unaffected, which also means that most have normal or higher iq. It still can be quite impairing.

Answered 4/16/2016

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Asperger: We develop in primarily three ways. Motor, communication and social development. With autism, one has severe problems with communication and social development, those with Asperger syndrome have problems with being socially perplexed, and do and say things the wrong ways and at the wrong times in social situations, .

Answered 2/18/2015

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