What is asperger s syndrome..Autism Asperger group often referred to as Asperger's Syndrome, said the origin of the name of Dr. Hans Asperger, an Austrian pediatrician. Dr. Hans Asperger argued about the symptoms of children autism group in 1944. Since the article in German, then in 1981 became internationally famous after Lorna Wing from England brought in congress Autism with English. aspergers symptoms in adults Hans Asperger's describes his patients are children age 6-12 years, did not experience speech delays, very clever, but very difficult to learn, and very eccentric. Hans Asperger called the group of children with autistic psychopatic name. But this designation by Lorna Wing replaced with the name of Asperger Syndrome, because there are other groups proposed by Kanner of Americans in 1943 referred to as infantile autism or childhood autism. Dr. Kanner's autism group known to 80 percent experiencing a severe developmental disorder of intelligence. The rest have normal intelligence but impaired in some areas of intelligence that have limited the ability of analysis, synthesis, abstraction ability, and problem solving.
Autism spectrum disorder..Autism is a developmental disorder compound, the disorders can affect many aspects of a child's development. Disturbances are not only about the number of how aspects of the affected (quantitatively) but also weighs the affected aspects (qualitative). Therefore autism disorders from one child to another child have a mixed picture. Aspects of development is impaired impaired communication (verbal and non-verbal), social interaction, and behavioral disorders (repetitive and stereotyped behavior or repeated the same pattern). autism spectrum disorder..Because the symptoms are so varied and change with the passage of age, people are often difficult to share them firmly in their own group, then people call all the autism group as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
Aspergers in adults..In the group of Dr. Kanner's childhood, the children with autism who have delays in speech, most of which were severely impaired intelligence, while the rest have good intelligence and can function relatively better than having a severe intelligence. Because it's a group that has better functionality is referred to as a group of high-functioning autism. Being from the group was also a children's autism are when seen through the criteria of the DSM IV autism, he did not meet all the criteria that are available, but have the minimum number of criteria [1] (see the book Autism Disorder Compound PDDNOS, from Dir. PSLB) . This group is called atypical autism or specific in English referred to as PDD-NOS (Pevasive Development - Otherwised Not Specified). Being that meet the criteria of autism is called the group of classic autism.
Asperger Autism Group itself in DSM IV are grouped separately under the umbrella of PDD (Pervasive Development Disorder) with another group, namely: Autistic Disorder, Asperger's Disorder, PDD-NOS, Rett's Disorder and Child Integrative Disorder. The first third was (Autistic Disorder, Asperger's Disorder, and PDD-NOS) used a spectrum called Autistic Spectrum Disorder.
So if we get our children with an ASD diagnosis, meaning we do not know we are a group of children group of children everywhere. Because ASD is a long spectrum of autistic symptoms from mild to severe. With the least amount of interference (in terms of diagnosis of autism) on aspects of its development up to the most. autism and asperger syndrome Of which have impaired cognitive development mild to severe.
Although some say that the PDD-NOS or Asperger Syndrome is a group of disorders that have a light weight (when compared with the other group members PDD), these kids still have a fairly severe developmental disorders when compared with the normal children. Because it involves many aspects of development that are settled for life. Since it is said that having autism disorder prognosis or forward estimates are less profitable and require ongoing assistance. Even so the Asperger's and PDD-NOS have a better prognosis when compared with classic autism group.
Asperger syndrome itself, is one of the groups in the DSM IV is expressed as a group that did not experience speech delays, and have good intelligence, normal to high. Peter Vemuelen (2002) a special education expert from the Belgian in his research found that in general, children with autism who have high intelligence is detected late when compared with the group of children with autism or PDD-NOS classic. This is because the Asperger Syndrome do not experience delays in speech. Even when he was a child he was often mistaken for an intelligent child receives special because it is very easy instructions and clever. But on the way to school when it entered elementary school because she had trouble limitations in the ability of creativity, imajianasi and fantasy, abstraction, and problem solving ability.
Asperger group does have its own fabulosity, many of which are capable of up to university level, even a doctorate. However, having a narrow minatan field, and it is only copying, receive knowledge, store it, and display it again. If you observe the results of tests of intelligence, you will see that he will get a score on subtes information in verbal IQ is very high, but lacking in analytical skills.
difference between autism and aspergers..Webb et al (2005) explains that people with Asperger's basically who has the ability and high intelligence have in common with a group of special intelligent (gifted children), namely:
- Both groups (Asperger's and special intelligent) both have an incredible memory and ability to speak well;
- They are both always ask something continuous;
- They talk about an intellectual field, and since childhood they have started to do so;
- They were very quick to accept something that interested him, always looking for the facts and the knowledge of what the interest was, nevertheless a person with Asperger's do not make the connection with the meanings in facts and knowledge;
- Both groups highly value honesty and fairness, even in Asperger it to something more logical thought rather than something related to emotional problems;
- Both groups and both groups Asperger intelligent group privileged to have trouble focusing because they just want to focus on what they really want to focus so beyond that they have difficulty concentrating;
- Two groups both have a sense of humor is flat / smooth, easily aroused by the stimulus (eg voice), texture, light, odors, and taste;
- Both groups are often seen by others as a child who is very delicate, fragile, sensitive, and different;
- Both have a pattern of development that asinkroni (the Asperger group asinkroni be very extreme conditions on the behavior appear more strange and more like a puzzle piece that does not know where the right place for him);
- Both have difficulty in adjusting to the conventional educational models;
- Both have problems with social skills, feel uncomfortable in a crowd;
- Both have the personality to pull away.
Although there are similarities but also differences. If we look for the similarities we will find many remarkable similarities. But for that we give proper education, parenting, and intervention, need to see what the difference is. In this case, Webb et al (2005) also gives reference.
Actually, it would be very difficult to see the difference between the two, because there are many similarities. Moreover, both the child and the child's special smart Aspeger also often accompanied by symptoms of other disorders, such as ADHD and OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder), which led to the diagnosis becomes more difficult enforcement. Even so, we still need to remember that the development of a special child who is naturally intelligent indeed progressing out of sync, it can lead to a pattern of behavior that is often considered odd, not as a normal child. But this strange pattern of development in children will experience the special smart normalized growth just before puberty. Meanwhile, the Asperger group will experience a chronic disorder, continuous and will carry into adulthood and old age.
In this case is very important to put the right diagnosis, because if a person with Asperger's is only considered a special smart kids weird and too sensitive, meaning he will not get the right therapy for autism disorder problems. Conversely, if a particular bright child the diagnosis of Asperger's, then he will get any placements in education, as well as getting various autism therapies are actually not needed.
Advice Webb et al (2005) there are two key importantly how can we distinguish between Asperger's and special intelligent:
1. Observe carefully and do checks on the behavior of the child at which point he did share its knowledge to their peers.
In the Asperger child will exhibit the behavior which he had difficulty building social contact with their peers how to draw attention to listen to and interested in the story it conveys object. Mode of delivery in a way that childish (feels less mature), as well as monotonous. He will continue to tell regardless of whether anyone else is tired. Objects that are too often talking about the things that are social, such as on a variety of washing machines, about the planet, or a dinosaur. In contrast to the smart kids special even though sometimes tedious, but he also has an interest in cultural issues and political or humanitarian issues. He also tried to get other people interested in what he was talking about. He invites others to understand what he was thinking. In the Asperger group did not, because he himself as limitations on the ability of symbolic language he had trouble reading other people's minds, so that she too had difficulty how to get other people interested in what the mind. He will talk continuously regardless of whether or not anyone else bored.
2. Observe and check carefully when sharing knowledge, whether the child has the intuition to see others and whether others see in him.
A special smart kids basically have a keen intuition of the social situation and always wanted to know if anyone else saw him or not; being in children with Asperger Syndrome do not have this kind of intuition. In general it can be said that a special smart kids always aware that he is in a crowd and are actually experiencing stress if he is not able to fit in the crowd. He was very sensitive to how others' views. Special when smart kids get a seichwan friend, he can communicate well and there will be mutual communication may contain content that personal and emotional nuance.
Practice is often the case that children who have a special smart withdrawn personality, often receive a diagnosis of Asperger's autistic. That does not mean that if a child is found to withdraw and have difficulty socializing means he is autistic. Because social disorder can be caused by various things. Social disorder in autism is basically caused due to an emotional disturbance or social constraints and limitations on the ability to understand the language of expression.
In education, the difficulties children with autism Asperger mainly due to limitations in the ability of creativity, thinking skills of analysis and problem solving, abstract things, as well as the ability to fantasize and imagination. It is also likely to lead to constraints on the development of the field potential. In other words, willpower is very narrow field. In social situations it is also very difficult in unstructured situations such as on the playing field while out playing, in which the field things can happen unexpectedly.
When we get our child has symptoms that do not fit otherwise partly also fit nicely smart kids special symptoms, and people with Asperger's, this should be held in observation, multidisciplinary in various fields of science, especially neurology, psychology psikatri and oryhopedagogi. Expected that all professions also understand the problem well in discerning privileged children and in children with autism. In this case, when you get the diagnosis of Asperger's children and we are uncertain about the diagnosis, Web et al (2005) also provide some of the few items in the list below (the below symptoms are the symptoms to a special smart kids):
- Demonstrate the ability of interpersonal relationship when he shared the field of interest.
- Having a very deep knowledge and intensive in the field of their interest, but without behaviors associated with Asperger's.
- Would be very interested in abstract ideas, in unstructured situations, and be able to build innovative ideas.
- Having an atypical movements but in control and awareness
[2].
- Having a strange movement that is due to stress or release of energy.
- Do not have motor disorders.
- Having intuition to establish emotional contact with others and interpersonal contact with others.
- Having emotions according to the subject.
- Able to show an interest in a variety of situations.
- Diction and humor is often more like adults.
- Understand humor and use humor in social situations reciprocal, not unilateral only just humor, word play, and direction.
- Having an awareness of himself, and knows what the consequences of their behavior on others for himself.
- Realizing when observed others, and knows how to conduct a cascade effect - to tolerate when suddenly there was a change, or passivity in the change.
- Can understand the meaning of figurative language.
- Having trouble attention when an idea came from someone else, than when it came from his own mind.
Reading:
Vermuelen, P (2002): Beter vroeg and ons, beter ons and nooit. De onderkenning van bij normal autism tot hoogbegaafde personen, Vlaamse Dienst Autism en UITGEVERIJ EPO, Berchem.
Webb, JT; Armend, ER; Webb, NE; Goerss, J; Beljan, P; Olenchak, FR (2005): Misdiagnois and Dual Diagnosis of Gifted Children and Adults, Great Potential Press, inc., Scottsdale, Arizona.
[1] This means that not all children who have some traits of autism then called PDDNOS, especially on the capabilities of non-verbal communication.
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[2] Movement atypical or repetitive activities on gifted children are often dabble movement - often wrongly interpreted as stereotyped and repetitive movements in autism.
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