Treatments for Asperger's are primarily aimed at teaching social and communication skills. Social skills training focuses on the tools necessary to interact successfully with other children. Speech ...

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – As a mental health disorder, Asperger syndrome does not have a long history. It has only been in recent years that more has been learned about Asperger as researchers attempt to ...

If current plans hold, my 16-year-old son will turn autistic about the time he’s old enough to vote. To my mind — and to his — his newfound autism won’t be a big deal. He’ll still be the same smart, ...

Most people are unaware of the symptoms of Asperger’s syndrome. They include an unusually high IQ and a difficulty surviving in the social world. The fact that the symptoms vary in gender doesn’t help ...

Children with Asperger's syndrome show patterns of brain connectivity distinct from those of children with autism, according to a new study. The findings suggest the two conditions, which are now in ...

Billionaire Elon Musk made his debut as host of Saturday Night Live earlier this month. And true to form, the Tesla and SpaceX founder started making news right in the opening monologue: "I don't ...

What we now call autism has surely been a part of the human condition for as long as human beings have existed. But the way different cultures understand, talk about and treat people who exhibit the ...

Autism robs people of social and language skills and locks people in their own worlds. Scientists thought that the social defects were due in part to an autistic person’s inability to determine what ...

New historical details link the Austrian pediatrician whose name was used to coin the Asperger’s diagnosis, to the Nazi Party and child euthanasia during World War II. Hans Asperger, who died in 1980, ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- You may have seen teenager Greta Thunberg's speech about climate change at the United Nations earlier this week. However you felt about it, you could feel the passion in her voice ...

Genetics and epigenetic prenatal influences are implicated in disorders on the autism spectrum, including Asperger's Syndrome. See Autism Causes for more information. You can find evidence supporting ...