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This 7 page paper examines AS or Asperger's Syndrome. How the child can best be incorporated into a mainstream classroom is examined. Some background about AS is included. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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boys who are found to be normal in respect to language development and intelligence, but who still possess autistic behavior patterns (Kirby, 2005). They are not autistic but there is
a similarity. Some people refer to AS as a kind of autism. Interestingly, while AS was discovered in 1944, it would not be recognized by APA until 1994 when it
made it into the DSM IV manual (Kirby, 2005). Obviously, many students would go undiagnosed for decades. Those who have the disorder have normal IQs and sometimes they even have
a special skill or ability (Kirby, 2005). In schools, they often become victims of bullying (Kirby, 2005). This is because children with AS have deficits when it comes
to "pragmatics and prosody" (Kirby, 2005). While vocabularies may be rich, the children may take things literally and have a hard time utilizing language in social situations (Kirby, 2005).
Therefore, children with AS may do well in terms of learning factual information but have a hard time when they encounter social situations. They may do well in math class
for example but sit alone during lunch time. There is debate amongst professionals in terms of the characterization of this newly incorporated disorder. Some believe that it is a high
functioning form of autism where others see it as a nonverbal learning disability (Kirby, 2005). AS is also equated with characteristics of Pervasive Developmental Disorder (Kirby, 2005). In the
past, it was not unusual for someone to be diagnosed with AS who was originally diagnosed with ADD or ADHD (Kirby, 2005). Some individuals are given a dual diagnosis of
High Functioning Autism and Asperger Syndrome (Kirby, 2005). Clearly, because AS has only been recognized in recent years, there is still some confusion as it respects diagnosis and treatment.
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