What's the difference between Autism and Asberger's syndrome?

Answer 1

I did some research on this a few years ago. A lot of the time Aspergers Syndrome children are often misdiagnosed as autistic because they share a lot of the same behavioral traits. Aspergers children can be like a high functioning autistic child. Here is what I found on the web. Hope it helps.

Asperger's Disorder is a milder variant of Autistic Disorder. Both Asperger's Disorder and Autistic Disorder are in fact subgroups of a larger diagnostic category. This larger category is called either Autistic Spectrum Disorders, mostly in European countries, or Pervasive Developmental Disorders ("PDD"), in the United States. In Asperger's Disorder, affected individuals are characterized by social isolation and eccentric behavior in childhood. There are impairments in two-sided social interaction and non-verbal communication. Though grammatical, their speech is peculiar due to abnormalities of inflection and a repetitive pattern. Clumsiness is prominent both in their articulation and gross motor behavior. They usually have a circumscribed area of interest which usually leaves no space for more age appropriate, common interests. Some examples are cars, trains, French Literature, door knobs, hinges, cappucino, meteorology, astronomy or history. The name "Asperger" comes from Hans Asperger, an Austrian physician who first described the syndrome in 1944. An excellent translation of Dr. Asperger's original paper is provided by Dr. Uta Frith in her Autism and Asperger Syndrome.

Answer 2

Asperger's (Which I have) is actually a minor form of Autism. Heavier types of autism have massive logical development at the expense of low speech and emotion capabilities, and a slower processing speed. Aspergers has given me the ability to use a computer at age 1 1/2, but I was socially undeveloped until 6th grade, although I could talk at 3 and tie my shoes at 6, but still, that's slow development. I also experience horrible processing speed, low emotional capabilities, and monotone.

Answer 3

Asperger's is on the autism spectrum.

Those suffering from Asperger's usually do not exhibit developmental or intellectual disabilities, but can still be socially handicapped.

Answer 4

asbergers is a different trait of autism

Answer 5

Autism is a spectrum disorder, ranging from severe form to a milder form, which is Asperger.

This site may help;

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/autism.cfm