Asperger Syndrome

I have compiled a list of asperger symptoms and related conditions. Most are from personal experience and research. They are not in any particular order. These were not discovered thru any scientific process so do take them with a grain of salt. Not everyone has ALL symptoms. I am sometimes on the starlink-irc network in the #asperger channel with the nick knutella.

• Lack of Peer Relationships
• Likes routine, doing same thing over and over.
• Fear of new places or situations.
• Odd speech patterns
• Literal thinking - unable to understand jokes
• Poor Executive function of the brain similar to amygdala damage (low impulse control, etc)
• Anxiety in social situations
• Sensitivity to light, touch, sound, smells etc
• Lining up toys as a child but not playing with them
• Unusual walking gait - Clumsiness
• Trouble sleeping
• High IQ
• Savant skills like calender calculating, photographic memory
• Collecting things
• Odd face gaze
• Vivid Dreams

• Sensory Integration Dysfunction
• Echolalia
• Dysgraphia - Bad Handwriting Handwriting samples
• Thyroid Disease
• Genital Surgery - This is based on parts from the book Asperger Syndrome by Ami Klin (Editor), Fred Volkmar (Editor), Sara Sparrow (Editor)
• Prosopagnosia - Face Blindness
• Place Blindness
• Central Auditory Processing Disorder
• Iron dificiency Study
• Difficulty identifying smells Study
• Head circumference Study
• Ratio of 2nd to 4th digit/finger Study, Study2
• Eyes are not lined up (dont point in same direction)
• Slightly lower body weight Study , Study2 , Study3
• Simphobia - The fear of speaking straight forwardly and in simple terms
• Difficulty imitating mirror images ex. being unable to copy the instructor in an arobics class and finding it easier to stand in the back and copy other students movements. Study

Read about the causes of Asperger Syndrome: Asperger Syndrome

• Autism
• Semantic-Pragmatic Disorder
• Hyperlexia
• Synaesthesia Synesthesia Link 2
• Childhood Disintegrative Disorder
• Rett Syndrome
• Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)
• Mood Disorders (Bipolar Disorder and Depression)
• Tourette's Syndrome
• Fragile-X syndrome
• Down Syndrome Study
• ADD/ADHD
• Obcessive Compulsive disorder Study
• Prader- Willi
• Turner Syndrome
• Angelman Syndrome
• Landau Kleffner Syndrome
• Floating Harbor

Here is another good list
Government rare diseases website
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Last Updated: 4-3-2003