Aspergers Symptoms in Children

The sequence was initiated by Gene's insisting I give a lecture on Asperger's syndrome that he had previously agreed to deliver himself. The timing was extremely annoying. …. the victims of Asperger's syndrome. Almost all the literature focuses on …

Hannah could not, as a child, have received a diagnosis of Asperger Syndrome, as that diagnostic category didn't exist then–and is about to cease existence again. Her autism, she has said, left her with debilitating shyness and a need to rock for self …

I better hang on to it because I'm sure this Scottish effort will get lots of coverage to remind us all that it's all just better diagnosing of a disorder that's always been around. My comment: That British study found all the missing adults by asking …

The National Institute of Mental Health describes autism spectrum disorder as a group of developmental brain disorders that include a wide range of symptoms, skills and levels of impairment or disability. Diagnoses of the disorder are classified by …

… therefore, diagnosing it more,” said Dr. Ellen Arch, a Dixie Regional Medical Center medical geneticist. Arch also has a background in developmental pediatrics. “We have expanded our definition of autism to include Asperger syndrome and other …

Condition count A tool designed to detect psychiatric disorders in people with autism may produce more accurate estimates. more · Genetic link Women who have a history of depression are more likely to have a child with Asperger syndrome than autism.

… children and 6 adults before claiming his own. Following that day, reports regarding the mental health of Lanza began to surface in much the same fashion, as various sources cited problems ranging from Asperger syndrome to sensory processing disorder.

I just wonder why the psychologist did not listen to our concerns as parents and arrange to have her assessed for Asperger's Syndrome. Is it difficult to diagnose this condition in children? We believe if she was diagnosed sooner she would still be at …

The overuse of social media, texting, and gaming is causing our society, especially young people, to develop symptoms that remind me of Asperger syndrome — verbal difficulties, avoiding eye contact, inability to understand social rules and read body …

As 620,000 B.C. children and teens return to school, she looks at why the "launch" from adolescence to financially-independent adulthood is proving so hard for so many — not just the most vulnerable — and some ideas about how to help. Today, Woolley …

Dr Muhammad Arshad, Consultant Child Psychiatrist at Hawks Bay Hospital, New Zealand, and Prof Michael Fitzgerald, Henry Marsh Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, TCD, explore the characteristics, diagnosis and management of selective mutism …