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Aspergers Syndrome

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Mark Haddon’s bitterly funny debut novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, is a murder mystery of sorts–one told by an autistic version of Adrian Mole. Fifteen-year-old Christopher John Francis Boone is mathematically gifted and socially hopeless, raised in a working-class home by parents who can barely cope with their child’s quirks. [...]

Your Child and Asperger’s Syndrome

You may have been told that your child has Asperger’s Syndrome (AS), a neurobiological disorder this is part of a group of similar conditions called “autism spectrum disorders”. These similar conditions can have different combinations and different degrees of severity of similar symptoms. Any two children who receive the same diagnosis of Asperger’s Syndrome may [...]

Helping Your Child Overcome Asperger’s Syndrome Related Apathy

Helping Your Child Overcome Asperger’s Syndrome Related Apathy

Parents who have a child diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome become quite familiar with the apathy that threatens to overtake their child’s day to day activities. While it only appears once in a while, when it does become obvious, it is more or less a showstopper. The child with [...]