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reader, truth_prowler +, writes (26 October 2008):
There are two major types of autism, of which you have probably heard. They are autism and Asperger’s syndrome. First let’s look at classical autism, how would we recognise it? Well, autism was first recognised in the mid 1940’s by a psychiatrist called Leo Kanner. He described a group of children, whom he was treating, who presented with some very unusual symptoms such as; - atypical social development, irregular development of communication and language, and recurring / repetitive and obsessional behaviour with aversion to novelty and refusal to accept change. His first thoughts were that they were suffering some sort of childhood psychiatric disorder. At around the same time that Kanner was grappling with the problems of these children, a German scientist, Hans Asperger was caring for a group of children whose behaviour also seemed irregular. Asperger suggested that these children were suffering from what he termed ‘autistic psychopathy.’ These children experienced remarkably similar symptoms to the children described by Kanner, with a single exception. – Their language development was normal! There is still an ongoing debate as to whether autism and Asperger’s syndrome are separable conditions, or whether Asperger’s syndrome is merely a mild form of autism
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reader, anonymous, writes (25 October 2008): Also
http://www.nas.org.uk/asperger
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reader, anonymous, writes (25 October 2008): Not in a concise way that would fit in this post
So I am going to point you to the Aspergers Foundation a British site can... go to the following (whole link)
http://www.aspergerfoundation.org.uk
and explore the site specifically the following page
http://www.aspergerfoundation.org.uk/what_as.htm
It should give you the answer your looking for and pointers to getting further advice should you need it
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