subject: Useful Tips About Aspergers Syndrome [print this page] Parents will often identify symptoms of Asperger syndrome when a kid begins preschool and begins interacting with other children. A child with Aspergers syndrome may:
Be unable to pick up on social cues such as interpreting another individual's body language, starting or maintaining a talk, or how to take turns when chatting.
Dislike any change to established practices.
Not appear to show empathy.
Be unable to figure out faint differences in accent, tone or speech tones that change the meaning of speech. For example, the child may not recognize a joke, or might take cynical comments practically.
Speak in a monotone or be otherwise hard to understand because the speech lacks variation in tone, pitch, and accent.
Use a formal manner of speech that is unusual for his or her age group. For example, your child may use the word "return" rather than "come back" or the word "beckon" instead of "call"
Avoid all eye contact
Gaze at things or other individuals for long periods of time.
Have odd postures, stances, or facial expressions.
Be possessively preoccupied with just one interest, to the point of near-encyclopaedia wisdom. Many children with a diagnosis of Aspergers syndrome might also be excessively involved in strange behavior like designing bridges, or cataloging and arranging toys in a distinct way. They might also illustrate an very narrow interest in one or two particular topics such as dinosaurs, monster movies or robots.
Talk continually, with the majority of conversations being one-sided.
Express internal thoughts frequently.
Have delays in coordination or other motor development.
Be late in learning to use eating apparatus, catching objects, or walking with out an weird gait.
Be prone to over-stimulation from bright lights, loud noises, large crowds, strong tastes or textures.
A kid that displays one or more of the symptoms listed above might not essentially also have aspergers syndrome. A child has to display a combination of several of the above symptoms, together with odd or severe problem in social situations so as to be diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome.
Even though this condition shares some similarities with autism, children diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome usually have normal intellectual development. Children with Asperger's syndrome will typically also make more of an effort to take part in activities and interact with others than a kid with autism.
