Archive for February, 2008
It is quite possible to see autistic children showing extraordinary genius act and excel in areas such as music, science, show a great affinity to numbers and in solving arithmetic problems with ease. Further, it was observed that such type of autism seems to affect boys more than girls for unknown reasons.
The syndrome of extraordinary power in grasping things, especially numbers and science subjects, is termed as “the little professor syndrome”. This condition or the syndrome is also known as “asperger autism”.
The great medical practitioner Hans Asperger was responsible for identifying this type of malady amongst children in the year 1944, and the whole medical world took cognisance of the good work and accepted to open a special autism branch for this category.
Recognising Autism as a Neurological Disorder
Hans Asperger through his various well-studied symptoms established that autism is indeed a neurological problem rather than considering it as an mental retardation. It was the hard work done by Hans Asperger that made the medical world name the high-functioning autism as asperger autism.
Hans Asperger through his many research studies established that asperger autism and other general autism are a result of malfunctioning genes that has been inherited from the family history. For many decades parents of autism child were thinking that their lifestyle has resulted in their child’s autism but the fact is that it is far from the reason thought and the actual reason lies deep in the genes held by the fore-fathers in the family history.
There are no external factors that can influence autism in a person and there are no specific causes that can trigger asperger autism or any other general autism. In a more plain language to enable understanding, autism is a condition where in the neurons in the affected person’s brain make false connections leading to misinterpretation of the incoming signals from various parts of the body. Any misinterpretation will lead to wrong action not appropriate to the situation, and it is like a wrong bulb lighting up when a switch is turned on.
Autism in children normally shows up as a non-response to the outside world and such children fail to laugh or smile to a joke, indifferent to pain and appetite, and are usually stay away from all human interactive aspects such as talking, touching, hugging, etc.
Children with asperger autism will normally be calm and never be talkative and do not show any conspicuous behavior such as smiling to your jokes. Further, these children also do things that any normal person may not do in normal circumstances such as smiling in solitude, abnormal gesticulations, etc.
Children with asperger autism normally show unusual extra intelligence, and are normally show a very great affinity to numbers. Further, children affected by asperger autism are very adept in solving mathematical problems, even complicated ones that may pose a challenge to others.
Asperger autism patients under normal circumstances seek for books on their own and try to read and understand. They also show very great interests in learning things and are capable of learning complex matters in no time.
[tags]Autism, Neurological Disorder[/tags]
