| This is quite a common question. How do Autism | | | | children with Aspergers Syndrome are rarely |
| and Aspergers relate? Well, for starters, they | | | | diagnosed by then. |
| both come under the same broad category - | | | | Another point that is of interest when you |
| Pervasive Development Disorders, or Autism | | | | consider the question, "How do Autism and |
| Spectrum Disorders. Autism is the most | | | | Aspergers relate?" is language. Children with |
| commonly recognized of these disorders, though | | | | Autism are diagnosed fairly early because of the |
| there are similarities and differences when you | | | | trouble they have with language. They find |
| consider Autism and Aspergers Syndrome. These | | | | speech, and grasping the idea of words and |
| similarities and differences are the answer to the | | | | letters, very difficult. Children with Aspergers |
| question, "How do Autism and Aspergers relate?" | | | | Syndrome do not have this problem - they grasp |
| The first thing to be said in answer to the | | | | the idea of language fairly easily, like children with |
| question, "How do Autism and Aspergers relate?" | | | | no disorders do. By the time they reach the age |
| is that social interaction and communication skills | | | | of two, they are fine with words, like most |
| will be severely compromised in children with | | | | children, and by the time they are three, they |
| Autism and in children with Aspergers Syndrome. | | | | progress to phrases. This is one reason |
| Once of the most prominent signs that a child | | | | Aspergers Syndrome can be difficult to diagnose. |
| might be suffering from Aspergers Syndrome is | | | | One very important part of the answer to the |
| an interest in a very narrow subject, with no | | | | question, "How do Autism and Aspergers relate?" |
| apparent interest in anything that might lead from | | | | is how they should be treated. They should be |
| it. | | | | treated with love and affection, because they see |
| For example, a child might spend hours learning | | | | the world very differently from the way we do, |
| about the pterodactyl and not be interested in the | | | | and the world sees them differently, too. They |
| least in a tyrannosaurus. Or a child might | | | | have to know that they are safe and cared for, |
| memorize the model numbers of cars and yet | | | | even if they might not seem to care. Imagine a |
| not in the least be interested in racing or in bikes. | | | | world you cannot understand, and having to live in |
| These are symptoms that become evident by | | | | it - that is how these children feel every day. |
| the time the child is five or six years old, but | | | | |