Asperger's syndrome
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- noun
- /ˈæspərɡərz ˈsɪndroʊm/
- Specialized
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síndrome de Asperger
- Children with Asperger's syndrome often have difficulties in social interaction, which can affect their friendships.
- autism or Asperger's syndrome
Examples
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Asperger's syndrome sufferer Laura Hickman appears to be like any other 18-year-old.
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I have a form of autism called Asperger's syndrome.
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One of them may have Asperger's syndrome.
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I started writing poetry because I wanted to tell people what it was like to have Asperger's syndrome.
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My daughter has Asperger's syndrome, a form of autism.
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Have you been tested for Asperger's syndrome or autism?
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Diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, she finds it difficult to make sense of the world and has problems with communication and social interaction.
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I think that I either have PDD-NOS or mild Asperger's syndrome, though I am unsure.
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Anyone who has a condition such as autism or Asperger's Syndrome, and who therefore suffers from what is called mind blindness, will find it difficult to understand a novel.
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Our advice to our Cornish colleagues is to adopt an integrated team approach if you can gain buy-in from social care and health, but our experience shows that even an exclusively social care team can make a major difference in improving services to adults with Asperger's syndrome and high-functioning autism.
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Synonyms
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A developmental condition causing difficulty with social interaction, communication, and repetitive behavior
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A developmental condition that makes social communication hard and causes strong interests and repeated actions
How Severe
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Morphology
Asperger's + syndrome
The word 'syndrome' clearly signals a medical or behavioural condition, so a learner who knows that constituent will infer that this is a named disorder. However 'Asperger's' is an eponym/proper name that does not convey the specific features (social-communication difficulties and repetitive behaviours), so the full clinical meaning is not derivable from the parts alone.
Etymology
Asperger's syndrome is named after the Austrian doctor Hans Asperger, who in the 1940s wrote about children who had trouble with social interaction and very focused interests. That's why the term is used today for a developmental condition with 'difficulties in social interaction and repetitive patterns of behavior'.