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9 unusual facts about Asperger Syndrome


A Mile in His Shoes

The film centers on Mickey Tussler (Luke Schroder), a 17-year-old from Ohio with Asperger syndrome, who joins the semi-professional baseball team the River Rats after being discovered by Arthur Murphy (Dean Cain).

Asperger

Asperger syndrome, a neurobiological syndrome which affects social and communication skills

Ass Burgers

Stan's depression is mistakenly diagnosed as Asperger's because he received a flu vaccination a year earlier.

Cayetano Ré

He was famous for being one of the first professional footballers to be open about having Asperger syndrome.

I Hear You, I See You

When Crosby tells Max, he grows hysterical due to his Asperger syndrome.

If You Could Say It in Words

Nelson Hodge is a lower class painter with undiagnosed Asperger syndrome who is immersed in completing a triptych of emotion paintings.

Manhattan Beach Unified School District

One such case was that of Douglas Shulby, who, in 1998, was forcibly removed from the Mira Costa campus grounds by law enforcement and school officials, due to a failure to accommodate his special needs associated with his Asperger syndrome.

Mr Logic

Mr. Logic was inspired by Chris Donald's own brother, Steven, who was much later diagnosed with Asperger syndrome.

Twice exceptional

The disabilities are varied: dyslexia, visual or auditory processing disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, sensory processing disorder, Asperger syndrome, Tourette Syndrome, or any other disability interfering with the student's ability to learn effectively in a traditional environment.


Alternative therapies for developmental and learning disabilities

Alternative therapies for developmental and learning disabilities include a range of practices used in the treatment of dyslexia, ADHD, Asperger syndrome, autism, Down syndrome and other developmental and learning disabilities.

Annalisse Mayer

Tony Attwood, one of the world's leading experts on Asperger syndrome, gave The Story of S. a positive review on his website.

Hill Top Preparatory School

Hill Top has a wide variety of students, many of whom have learning disabilities and disorder of neural developments such as ADHD, ADD, Asperger Syndrome, Autism, and Epilepsy.

Lorna Wing

Wing is the author of many books and academic papers, including Asperger's Syndrome: a Clinical Account, a 1981 academic paper that popularised the research of Hans Asperger and introduced the term "Asperger's syndrome".

Monterey Coast Preparatory School

Monterey Coast Preparatory (MCP) Middle & High School is a private, independent middle & high school using a UDL-modified Universal Design for Learning curriculum for gifted & talented students, including those with learning differences such as ADHD, Dyslexia, and Asperger Syndrome.


see also

Asperger

Hans Asperger (1906–1980), Austrian pediatrician after whom Asperger syndrome is named

History of Asperger syndrome

An English psychiatrist, Lorna Wing, popularized the term "Asperger's syndrome" in a 1981 publication; the first book in English on Asperger syndrome was written by Uta Frith in 1991 and the condition was subsequently recognized in formal diagnostic manuals later in the 1990s.

Sociological and cultural aspects of autism

For example, in the movie Mozart and the Whale (2005), the opening scene gives four clues that a leading character has Asperger syndrome, and two of these clues are extraordinary savant skills.