Asbergers Symptoms – What Are The Symptoms Of Aspergers Syndrome?

There are no physical tests or blood tests to diagnose Asbergers Syndrome and therefore it can be difficult to diagnose. Diagnosis is performed by watching the behaviour patterns and also from the information given by the parents of the child’s behaviour. Asbergers symptoms also vary from person to person and while some sufferers will have very severe and obvious symptoms, others may have quite mild symptoms and these are the one’s that are often difficult to diagnose.
The three main areas of apsergers symptoms that are considered for diagnosis are a lack of social skills, a lack of communication skills and obsessive and/or repetitive behaviours.
1. Lack of Social Skills
Aspergers sufferers will often find it quite difficult to interact with their peers and may often be a bit ‘behind’ socially. Many will relate better to younger children that are more on their emotional and social level.
Aspergers people will also often find it difficult to have eye contact with people and also don’t use much body language. Along with this, they also find it difficult to read other people’s body language and facial expressions and this can be a bit restricting for them when they are trying to interperate the meaning of something someone has said.
Sufferers of Asbergers also tend to lack empathy and only see situations from their own point of view, which may make them seem selfish although this is not intentional by them.
2. Lack of Communication Skills
As with the social skills problem, body language and facial expression also plays a huge role in communication so the inablility to show these skills or to read these skills does inhibit a persons communication.
Aspergers will usually have a good range of language and will often use quite advanced words, but they lack tone and pitch so will often talk in the one tone. Sufferers may also seem shy and just find it difficult to communicate in general.
3. Repetitive and/or Obsessive Behavior
One of the big Autistic symptoms is the repetitive behaviours, such as hand flapping or other repetitive movements. Obsessiveness is also quite common in Autistic sufferers and they may show an obsession over particular objects or topics and will find it hard to pull themselves away from that topic.
These behaviours may not be as severe in Asperger sufferers as it is in fully Autistic people but as with other symptoms some will have these more severe than others.
Aspergers will also like to stick to a strict routine and they can often become quite upset if their routine varies or they are taken away from their ‘normal’ routine or environment.
Conclusion
As Aspergers symptoms do vary in the number of symptoms shown as well as the severity of symptoms, some will be harder to diagnose than others.
If you think that your child may suffer from Asbergers or any other disorder, then you should visit a professional as the sooner you have a diagnosis the sooner you can learn how to handle the symptoms that your child has.

Asbergers Syndrome
Asbergers Syndrome