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(normal intelligence and language development, but autistic-like behaviors and marked deficiencies in social and communication skills.) |
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:Asperger Syndrome or (Asperger's Disorder) is a neurobiological disorder named for a Viennese physician, Hans Asperger, who in 1944 published a paper which described a pattern of behaviors in several young boys who had normal intelligence and language development, but who also exhibited autistic-like behaviors and marked deficiencies in social and communication skills. [http://www.udel.edu/bkirby/asperger/aswhatisit.html#DSM] | :Asperger Syndrome or (Asperger's Disorder) is a neurobiological disorder named for a Viennese physician, Hans Asperger, who in 1944 published a paper which described a pattern of behaviors in several young boys who had normal intelligence and language development, but who also exhibited autistic-like behaviors and marked deficiencies in social and communication skills. [http://www.udel.edu/bkirby/asperger/aswhatisit.html#DSM] | ||
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| + | As with many psychological problems, Asperger's syndrome is often described in the popular press as ''causing'' the strange behavior which the diagnosis describes. There is no known cause of Asperger's <ref> Researchers feel that Asperger's syndrome is probably hereditary in nature because many families report having an "odd" relative or two. [http://www.autism.org/asperger.html] </ref> | ||
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Revision as of 21:39, July 20, 2007
Asperger syndrome was first described by a German doctor, Hans Asperger, in 1944 (one year after Leo Kanner's first paper on autism). In his paper, Dr. Asperger discussed individuals who exhibited many idiosyncratic, odd-like behaviors. [1]
Barbara Kirby wrote:
- Asperger Syndrome or (Asperger's Disorder) is a neurobiological disorder named for a Viennese physician, Hans Asperger, who in 1944 published a paper which described a pattern of behaviors in several young boys who had normal intelligence and language development, but who also exhibited autistic-like behaviors and marked deficiencies in social and communication skills. [2]
As with many psychological problems, Asperger's syndrome is often described in the popular press as causing the strange behavior which the diagnosis describes. There is no known cause of Asperger's [1] although it has been called a "neurobiological disorder".