Asperger syndrome presentation

1. ASPERGER SYNDROME
Grace Hege

2. ASPERGER SYNDROME IS ONE OF SEVERAL SUBTYPES OF AUTISM
THAT WERE FOLDED INTO THE SINGLE DIAGNOSIS AUTISM
SPECTRUM DISORDER (ASD).

3. SYMPTOMS:
• LACK OF EYE CONTACT
• INABILITY TO UNDERSTAND
SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL ISSUES OR
NONLITERAL PHRASES
• OBSESSION WITH SPECIFIC, OFTEN
UNUSUAL, TOPICS
• ONE-SIDED CONVERSATIONS
• AWKWARD MOVEMENTS AND/OR
MANNERISMS

4. CAUSES AND PREVALENCE:
• CHANGES IN THE BRAIN ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MANY OF THE
SYMPTOMS OF AS. HOWEVER, DOCTORS HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO
DETERMINE PRECISELY WHAT CAUSES THESE CHANGES.
• GENETIC FACTORS
• EXPOSURE TO ENVIRONMENTAL TOXINS, SUCH AS
CHEMICALS OR VIRUSES
• BOYS ARE MORE LIKELY TO DEVELOP AS THAN GIRLS.

5. TREATMENT: STATISTICS:
• MEDICATION
• SOCIAL SKILLS TRAINING
• SPEECH AND LANGUAGE
THERAPY
• OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
• PHYSICAL THERAPY
• COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL
THERAPY
• 1 IN 68 BABIES ARE
ESTIMATED TO BE BORN
WITH ASD
• AN ESTIMATED 75% OF ALL
ASDs ARE ASPERGERS
• NATIONWIDE THE RATE OF
ASD DIAGNOSIS IS
INCREASING

6. WORKS CITED
• HTTPS://WWW.AUTISMSPEAKS.ORG/WHAT-AUTISM/ASPERGER-SYNDROME
• HTTP://WWW.HEALTHLINE.COM/HEALTH/ASPERGER-SYNDROME#SYMPTOMS2
• HTTP://ASPERGERSMN.ORG/HISTORY-TRAITS-ANSWER-MN/STATISTICS-
ANSWER-MN/