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What Are The Symptoms Of Aspergers Syndrome?
Question: I have an eight year old foster boy who has a very high vocabulary for his age and the ability to read difficult books but he tends to rock back and forth a lot and no matter how many times he is shown something like turning on a shower he cant,. He also sits for fairly long periods and stares off into space as well as stems. Is this a XXXXXXX of aspbergers?
Brief Answer:
Yes these are symptoms of Aspergers
Detailed Answer:
Hi...Yes your suspicion is right. These are symptoms of aspergers.
Treatment of people with Asperger syndrome consists of instruction and counseling to ameliorate the social disabilities that are features of the disorder, along with encouragement of special skills that can take advantage of these individuals’ capacity for narrowly focused and sustained concentration. Teachers provide an important resource for school-age children with Asperger syndrome.
For youths and adults, interventions may include relaxation training and career counseling and orientation. Depression is a common comorbidity, and depressed patients may benefit from specific treatment. People with Asperger syndrome can also have other neuropsychiatric disorders, including Tourette syndrome, anorexia nervosa, and schizophrenia; treating such comorbid disorders may be beneficial.
Drugs to treat the core characteristics of Asperger syndrome have not yet been identified.
I suggest you get him evaluated by a child clinical psychologist.
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
Yes these are symptoms of Aspergers
Detailed Answer:
Hi...Yes your suspicion is right. These are symptoms of aspergers.
Treatment of people with Asperger syndrome consists of instruction and counseling to ameliorate the social disabilities that are features of the disorder, along with encouragement of special skills that can take advantage of these individuals’ capacity for narrowly focused and sustained concentration. Teachers provide an important resource for school-age children with Asperger syndrome.
For youths and adults, interventions may include relaxation training and career counseling and orientation. Depression is a common comorbidity, and depressed patients may benefit from specific treatment. People with Asperger syndrome can also have other neuropsychiatric disorders, including Tourette syndrome, anorexia nervosa, and schizophrenia; treating such comorbid disorders may be beneficial.
Drugs to treat the core characteristics of Asperger syndrome have not yet been identified.
I suggest you get him evaluated by a child clinical psychologist.
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
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