ASPERGERS

STATISTICS

• 1% of the U.S. population ages 3-17 have an autism spectrum disorder
• Prevalence is estimated 1 in 110 births
• The cost of autism spectrum disorders over the lifespan is 3.2 million dollars per person

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MYTHS

• Children with AS will grow out of it eventually
• People who have it don't make eye contact
• AS is an emotional problem
• People with Aspergers can't learn

DESCRIPTION

• It is a developmental disorder that affects a person's ability to socialize and communicate effectively
• The disorder is grouped by doctors with other conditions know as autism spectrum disorders
• It is know as a mild case of autism
• People with this disorder are commonly referred to as 'high functioning autistic
• This means that they don't have as much of a difficulty as low functioning or more severe cases

SYMPTOMS

• Having a hard time "reading" people or understanding humor
• Moving clumsily with poor coordination
• Speaking in a voice that is rigid or unusually fast
• Showing an intense obsession with one or two specific subjects/topics
• Unusual nonverbal-ness such as awkward body postures, and few facial expressions

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HOW YOU GET IT

• There isn't an exact cause for how people get it
• There is no know way to treat it
• Researches are searching for genetic causes
• It usually tends to be passes down through family genes/heredity

TREATMENT/RECOVERY

• As said before, there is no know treatment for this disorder
• A person cannot just overcome from this disorder
• A person who hasn't officially been diagnosed can recover from symptoms
• But once a person is diagnosed, it is currently impossible to recover from it

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CITATIONS

• Autism-society.org
• Psychcentral.com
• Hopenetwork.org
• Mayoclinic.com
• Webmd.com