i was label as asberger syndrom when i was a baby , what causes pepole to have sever brain dammage?

Answer 1

they don't know - and it is a neurological not severe disorder. if you want info on this - and can't find it try looking under autism. my cousin was diagnosed wit Aspberger's and she has an IQ of 148. labels are only that. many labels don't stick. rebel against the labels.

Answer 2

Very often this is caused by a chromosonal disorder. Some birth defects/brain damage is caused by a mother who does drugs when pregnant or a poor diet/no prenatal care. It can be the result of an accident/lack of oxygen to the baby's brain while in utero. There are so many different reasons that brain damage can occur it is usually impossible to know exactly what happened unless there is some kind of obvious accident.
There should be some support groups out there for people with asberger syndrom. You may be surprised at what you could find out at those meetings. Not only that, but it would be a good way to find other people who know first hand what you are going through. Don't suffer alone. Where ever there is darkness, there is light through hope. I am not personally afflicted with this, but if you need a friend, I would be happy to talk to you anytime. I have a blog on yahoo 360- I am adnilgoddess. Good luck.

Answer 3

I'm not quite sure how brain damage follows from Asberger's as Asberger's is not caused by brain damage, nor how you could have been diagnosed with Asberger's as a baby given that most psychologists are reluctant to diagnose it even in preschool age children, let alone infants.

However, the most common causes of brain damage are injury, infection, and oxygen deprivation. Injury is pretty self-explanatory. I'm sure you can understand why having a metal rod pushed through your brain might cause brain damage. It's also possible to suffer a brain injury without a puncture wound like that, but the point is that physical injury to the brain can cause brain damage.

Infection can cause brain damage either because the bacteria, virus, fungus, or other pathogen directly kills brain cells, or because the inflammatory response puts so much pressure on the brain that it starts to kill brain cells. A very high fever can also cause brain damage as it basically just gets too hot for the brain cells and they die. An infection can also trigger an autoimmune condition, which can cause the body's own immune cells to start killing brain cells.

Oxygen deprivation can cause brain damage because cells need oxygen to survive. Cells that don't get enough oxygen die. Brain cells are particularly sensitive to this. Oxygen deprivation can occur at birth if the umbilical cord is wrapped around the baby's neck so she can't breathe. It can also happen if a person stops breathing, or their heart stops beating, since oxygen doesn't get to the brain. It takes about 8 minutes of oxygen deprivation for significant brain damage to occur, so if a person has been in cardiac arrest (no heartbeat) for significantly longer than that it becomes impossible to revive them as their brain cells will have already died.

There are also genetic abnormalities that can cause abnormal brain development. This isn't brain damage, though, as damage implies that it used to work and something broke it, whereas people with developmental brain abnormalities have always been that way.

Answer 4

Asperger's is not Brain Damage, it's a different brain structure. Your mind works in different ways then most peoples- but don't worry about that. Great Kings and men have had the same thing. Einstein, for example.

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A lot of people With Aspergers have done Great things. in some ways, it helps. people with aspergers have trouble thinking inside the box- and when most of the great inventions and ideas come from thinking outside the box... well, you get the picture.

Answer 5

One, aspergers is not diagnosed in infants, the average age of dx is seven. Two, it's not caused by brain damage, much less severe brain damage.

Potential causes are genetics or environmental. Brain damage in general could be caused by anything. i cringe to see someone mention aspergers and mothers doing drugs in the same response. How frightening that someone will walk away thinking that this is what 'causes' aspergers syndrome.

Please read at http://www.autism-society.org.