| I wanted to take the time to talk to you about | | | | really feel what another is going through. In this case, |
| Asperger syndrome behavior. If you're unfamiliar with | | | | they wouldn't have this ability. If they're around people |
| this condition, it is one of the spectrum disorders | | | | that are happy, laughing and having a good time, they |
| presented by autism. This particular case has the | | | | could be completely aloof, which isn't common. When |
| same problems with communication and relating skills, | | | | you see people smiling, you just naturally smile on your |
| but the only difference is that they don't lack any of | | | | own, but this doesn't happen for those that have this |
| the language skills. To put it simply, it is autistic behavior | | | | disorder. Obviously, this will make it much more difficult |
| that is a little harder to detect because the person has | | | | for them to relate to others. |
| the verbal capability, but just doesn't have the desire to | | | | Another behavior that is a little odd is that they have |
| communicate and relate. At this point, the medical | | | | these interests in very restricted and repetitive hobbies. |
| community has no idea how someone actually gets | | | | This results in them having inflexible schedules and |
| this problem. I'm going to discuss with you the | | | | doing things that require the same tasks done over |
| Asperger syndrome behavior, so you are better able | | | | and over again. For example, to show how odd this is, |
| to identify it. | | | | you may notice them with a desire to memorize model |
| The thing that is going to be difficult about explaining | | | | numbers of cameras. That doesn't sound bad, but this |
| this to you is that a lot of the behavior looks like typical | | | | happens when the person has absolutely no desire in |
| teenager behavior. Often the behavior comes out | | | | photography. They just memorize the numbers for the |
| when they become teenagers, so it makes it twice as | | | | sake that it is a repetitive task. |
| hard to identify it. | | | | Lastly, with Asperger syndrome behavior there is |
| You may notice that you child has no desire to obey | | | | some issues with language. Even though they have |
| rules or respect authority. That seems like such a | | | | the ability to properly and coherently communicate, that |
| blanket generalization because there are a lot of | | | | doesn't mean they have abnormalities with it. For |
| teenagers that are like that. We're talking about a | | | | example, people are often sarcastic and say things |
| desire to skip school and not listen to you as their | | | | that aren't to be taken literally. You may notice that |
| parents. You may also find them with an entitlement | | | | they just take the literal definition of things, instead of |
| attitude; this desire to have things and throw a tantrum | | | | the person's intended point. Obviously this isn't |
| when they don't get it. | | | | something you'd expect a younger child to understand, |
| The less common Asperger syndrome behavior has | | | | but as teenager, they should be picking up on a lot of |
| to do with empathy. Empathy is a person's ability to | | | | this. |