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Why Asperger Syndrome Will Disappear - 5 views

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shared by Tero Toivanen on 26 Jun 11 - No Cached
  • The American Psychiatric Association (APA) is now in the process of developing and finalizing the new Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) Version 5.
  • autism spectrum disorders as we know them will change radically, and many people who are now considered to be "autistic" may find themselves with a brand new diagnosis.
  • Unless something changes between now and then, as of 2013, Asperger syndrome will no longer exist as a diagnosis.
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  • A person with present symptoms of Asperger syndrome would fall in the diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder, and we would expect there to be additional specifiers like "without intellectual disability", "with fluent speech", etc., which we believe will better describe the diagnostic picture for such a person than is currently done with the term Asperger Syndrome alone.
  • Tero Toivanen on 26 Jun 11
     
    "Unless something changes between now and then, as of 2013, Asperger syndrome will no longer exist as a diagnosis."
Tero Toivanen

Meet Taylor Morris - 1 views

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shared by Tero Toivanen on 02 Jan 11 - No Cached
  • Tero Toivanen on 02 Jan 11
     
    Interesting video about Autism & Asperger's syndrome told by  a girl, who have "cured" from autism.
  • LynneSoraya on 24 Jan 11
     
    Taylor doesn't say that she's cured -- but her videos are wonderful and inspiring. She lives with autism -- and has learned to adapt.
Tero Toivanen

About The Ability of Asperger Syndrome Children to Hyper-Focus | - I Teach Autism.com - - 0 views

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shared by Tero Toivanen on 13 Jul 09 - Cached
  • The Asperger Syndrome hyper-focusing trait can be helpful in a classroom setting when educators choose to use this extreme attention span as a tool.
  • If normal classroom learning procedures are not getting through to an AS child, try working with the theme that they are already working with. As an example, a few words about their chosen object mentioned during a history lesson, can perhaps make the entire history lesson memorable.
  • the Asperger Syndrome hyper-focus ability is a learning style. AS children have the ability to hyper-focus their way into learning traditional subjects.
  • Tero Toivanen on 13 Jul 09
     
    The Asperger Syndrome hyper-focusing trait can be helpful in a classroom setting when educators choose to use this extreme attention span as a tool.
Tero Toivanen

Should Asperger Syndrome Be Considered an Autism Spectrum Disorder? - 2 views

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shared by Tero Toivanen on 09 Nov 09 - Cached
  • Is Asperger syndrome appropriately included under the autism spectrum umbrella? Or should it, perhaps, be a separate diagnosis of its own, unconnected to autism?
  • Tero Toivanen on 09 Nov 09
     
    Is Asperger syndrome appropriately included under the autism spectrum umbrella? Or should it, perhaps, be a separate diagnosis of its own, unconnected to autism?
Tero Toivanen

Wired 9.12: The Geek Syndrome - 0 views

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  • Tero Toivanen on 24 Feb 09
     
    Autism - and its milder cousin Asperger's syndrome - is surging among the children of Silicon Valley. Are math-and-tech genes to blame?
Tero Toivanen

Asperger Syndrome Tied to Low Cortisol Levels - 0 views

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shared by Tero Toivanen on 04 Apr 09 - Cached
  • Low levels of a stress hormone may be responsible for the obsession with routine and dislike for new experiences common in children with a certain type of autism.
  • The body produces cortisol, among other hormones, in stressful situations. Cortisol increases blood pressure and blood sugar levels, among other duties, to signal the body's need to adapt to changes occurring around it.
  • People with Asperger syndrome notably have very repetitive or narrow patterns of thought and behavior, such as being obsessed with either a single object or topic. Though tending to become experts in this limited domain, they have otherwise very limited social skills, according to the study.
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  • "Although these are early days, we think this difference in stress hormone levels could be really significant in explaining why children with AS are less able to react and cope with unexpected change,"
  • If these Asperger symptoms are caused primarily by stress, caregivers could learn to steer children away from situations that would add to anxiety, the researchers said.
  • "This study suggests that children with AS may not adjust normally to the challenge of a new environment on waking,"
  • The researchers, whose findings were published in the journal Psychoneuroendocrinology, will next study if this lack of cortisol upon waking also occurs in children with other types of autism.
  • Tero Toivanen on 04 Apr 09
     
    Low levels of a stress hormone may be responsible for the obsession with routine and dislike for new experiences common in children with a certain type of autism.
Graeme Wadlow

Parental stress associated with caring for children with Asperger's syndrome or autism - 0 views

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  • Graeme Wadlow on 04 Jan 12
     
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Tero Toivanen

Autism Research Blog: Translating Autism: High functioning autism vs. Asperger's. Autis... - 0 views

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asperger high functioning autism diagnostic

shared by Tero Toivanen on 20 Feb 09 - No Cached
  • Tero Toivanen on 20 Feb 09
     
    Much controversy and confusion remains about the differences between high functioning autism and Asperger's syndrome. As the authors described, there are many areas of overlap as well as differences between the original Asperger's proposal and autism.
Tero Toivanen

Facing Autism in New Brunswick: Intellectual Disability Acceptance in the Autism Community - 0 views

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  • Tero Toivanen on 03 Jan 10
     
    In this blog says: approximately 75-80% of persons with Autistic Disorder are intellectually disabled or cognitively impaired.
Tero Toivanen

A Family United For The Autistic: 15 Yr Old Aspie Talks About Autism - 0 views

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shared by Tero Toivanen on 05 Apr 09 - Cached
  • Autism gives many unique traits to an individual, and many of these people go on to do great things (it is said Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, Bill Gates, and other innovators and scientists had forms of autism). I can’t speak for others - maybe they do want to rid themselves of their condition. But as for the parents and individuals making the decision, think about it: do you honestly want a cure that is going to change the individual you are?
  • Tero Toivanen on 05 Apr 09
     
    Autism gives many unique traits to an individual, and many of these people go on to do great things (it is said Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, Bill Gates, and other innovators and scientists had forms of autism). I can't speak for others - maybe they do want to rid themselves of their condition. But as for the parents and individuals making the decision, think about it: do you honestly want a cure that is going to change the individual you are?
Tero Toivanen

Autism Blog - Autism and aspergers are essentially the same « Left Brain/Righ... - 0 views

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autism Asperger's Syndrome diagnosis

shared by Tero Toivanen on 03 Jul 09 - Cached
  • The histories of autism and Asperger’s Disorder (AD), based on original contributions by Kanner and Asperger, are reviewed in relation to DSM-IV diagnostic criteria.
  • Based on up-to-date empirical research, however, it appears that AD and autism are not qualitatively distinct disorders, but are different quantitative manifestations of the same disorder.
  • The differences between AD and autism may be a function of individual variability in these areas, not the manifestation of qualitatively distinct disorders.
  • Tero Toivanen on 03 Jul 09
     
    Based on up-to-date empirical research, however, it appears that AD and autism are not qualitatively distinct disorders, but are different quantitative manifestations of the same disorder. The differences between AD and autism may be a function of individual variability in these areas, not the manifestation of qualitatively distinct disorders.
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