Myaspergers.net Website Review

> “I see people with Asperger’s syndrome as a bright thread in the > rich tapestry of life.” Tony Attwood Dr. Hans Aspergers, an Austrian pediatrician, named this form of mild autism when he studied a group of children in the 1940’s. Aspergers describes a type of autism spectrum both similar and different to clas*ic autism. Aspergers is different from clas*ic autism in that there are no clinically significant delays in cognitive development, language, adaptive self-help skills, and curiosity about the environment. In clas*ic autism these delays are often present. According to Wikipedia, a 2003 study the ratio of people with Aspegers to the general population is .03 to 4.84 per 1000. It has been estimated that the ratio of clas*ic autism to Aspergers is ratio of autism to Aspergers 1.5:1 to 16: 1. The professional community has called Aspergers a disease or disorder. I prefer to look at Aspergers as a different way of thinking. Here’s another way to look at it. I wake up one day with amnesia. I am American, I speak English. But let’s pretend a Turkish family abducted me. I have no memory of being American, but as I come to, I realize I can’t speak Turkish! I don’t understand the different cultural nuances, and I’m often embarras*ing myself. Over time, I study the Turkish language, and I learn Turkish customs, but I feel like I don’t quite belong. Years later, I come across an English teacher who tells me I’m American! Who knew?! Suddenly a lot of things make more sense. My an*logy can’t ever quite express the full extent of having Aspergers in a world where most other people think Here’s what Australian psychologist, Tony Attwood, says about Aspergers Syndrome. > From my clinical experience I consider that children and ad*lts with > Aspergers Syndrome have a different, not defective, way of thinking. > The person usually has a strong desire to seek knowledge, truth and > perfection with a different set of priorities than would be expected