Autism and Aspergers?

Question

What are some similarities and differences?

Answer 1

When someone says "autism" they can mean one of two things.
1. The specific term "classic" autism or "autistic disorder."
2. The more generally "Autism Spectrum Disorder," "Spectrum" being the key word.
Asperger's, sometimes referred to as "high functioning autism," is on the spectrum.

Symptoms of Classic Autism include:
1. severe social disabilities (little or no eye contact, difficulty understanding others think differently than themselves, etc.)
2. little or no verbal skills, (neither my niece or nephew could talk but my niece understands a lot but my nephew didn't.)
& 3. repetative movements like rocking & hand flapping.

Symptoms of Asperger's include:
1. social disabilities (little eye contact, difficulty reading body language & tone of voice, etc.)
2. odd speech (There may not be delays in speech, but they may have difficulty understanding figures of speech & will often speak monotone.)
& 3. repetative movements like rocking & hand flapping, but not as severely.

Classic Autism makes up 12 - 36 % of all the people "on the autism spectrum"
Aspergers makes up 62 - 86% of all the people "on the autism spectrum"
The rest (Rett's, CDC, PDD-NOS) make up less than 3%.

Answer 2

Aspergers is considered a milder form of Autism and is on the Autism Spectrum (Autism, Tourette's PDD, Aspergers, etc)People w/ Aspergers have difficutly w/ social skills and relating to others, but can form relationships easier than people w. Autism.
People w/ Autism have more difficulty in communication- I had a student w/ Autism who, in 5th grade, didn't use full sentences and didn't understand pronouns. When he spoke about himself he always referred to himself by his name, not saying "I" or "me".
Both tend to like things in a certain order, usually don't like loud or unexpected noises, smells, etc. They also my have a hard time w/ touching things that feel different or are more sensitive to how clothes feel.
I have found my students w/ this are fascinating. Reserach a woman by the name of Temple Gradin- I put a link at the bottem. She is a woman who has Autism and has become very successful- what an interesting story!
Hope this helps

Answer 3

I really think that i have aperger's syndrome....
Autism is a mental disorder that ranges in severity from some speach and motor function to no speach, and little motor function.
Asperger's syndrome is a branch of autism but is not as severe, in some cases people are genious,
Symptoms- lack of social skills, intense focus on one or two things, sensitivity to light, not good with change, sometimes very hard to diagnose. varys from person to person.

Answer 4

Aspergers is considered on the mild end of the autism spectrum. My Mom is a special ed. teacher and specializes in autisim if you would like to talk to her I can help you get in touch. Email me at [e-mail]

Answer 5

Asperger's is considered an "Autism Spectrum Disorder"

Autism is a broad-category with numerous sub-categories, and Asberger's is one of them.

Answer 6

this is a mental disability (not really a disability and i actually have audtism and asbergers, and i am very intellectual)

and i don't seem to see the difference between the two
a haven't heard the two used in different deffenitions in my life (i think asbergers in the scientific name and audism is the common name) and also people didn't even name it til 1998

for more information go here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asbergers