Paulina Escoda; UE EngStartUp, academic year 2013-2014: Asperger syndrome

Asperger syndrome is a severe developmental disorder that involves a neurobiologically determined alteration in information processing. Affected individuals have normal intelligence and appearance. They present a particular cognitive style and often special abilities in restricted areas.

Asperger syndrome manifests itself differently in each individual, but all share the difficulties of social interaction, especially with people their own age, abnormal patterns of nonverbal communication, restricted interests, cognitive and behavioral inflexibility, difficulties in abstracting concepts, weak central coherence in favor of processing details, literal interpretation of language difficulties in executive functions and planning, interpretation of the feelings and emotions of others and themselves.

Here you have a movie trailer about Asperger, each pede be more scientifically accurate or not, but can help you understand a little more how is to live with this syndrome.

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