Anyone know where I could find this?

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I've been looking around the Internet for a couple of hours, and haven't had any luck. I'm trying to find an online article which gives a basic overview or explanation of what aspergers in terms an nt can understand, but which Is still accurate. Something that describes aspergers in adults and teens, not young children. All I've been able to find oversimplify things, use blanket statements about how "all aspies are", are about aspergers at a very young age, are of the "they're diffrent but everyone deserves love" tone, or are simply inaccurate. Anyone know where I can find an accurate, good quality article?

How about this:

http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt112787.html

Or you want something more formal?

Or, what about this:

http://www.aane.org/about_asperger_synd ... drome.html

and this:

http://www.aane.org/about_asperger_synd ... dults.html

Forgot to say, I'm trying to explain some recent issues to a highly academic teacher, and this teacher won't except anything from a non-credible source. Not sure what she means by that, but I guess she does want something official. Thank you though.

Have you tried the NAS (National Autistic Society) website? It has loads of information, reports and studies.

Edited to add: if this is in relation to you receiving accommodations because of difficulties associated with Asperger's then I'm not sure that it is your responsibility to source information. It may be better in terms of maintaining a positive relationship to do so, but if this is the case be careful that the school isn't wriggling out of its legal obligations to you.

Last edited by Marcia on 22 Nov 2011, 9:31 pm, edited 1 time in total.

AANE is pretty credible. If she works at a university she should have access to the university library and be able to search papers. Is there a med school at her university? She could search PubMed. She should have no problems finding references.

Ask her to search for:

"Asperger's Syndrome in Adulthood"
Mandy Roy,
Wolfgang Dillo,
Hinderk M. Emrich,
Martin D. Ohlmeier

"Asperger's Disorder"
Medical Psychiatry Series / 40
Edited by
Jeffrey L. Rausch
Maria E. Johnson
Manuel F. Casanova

"Asperger Syndrome - Can the disorder be diagnosed in the adult age?"
Anna Sintes
Belén Arranz
Nicolás Ramírez
Isabel Rueda
Luís San1

If she can't find these then PM me. It's not entirely legal I think but I could send you those PDFs.

Not an article but a video lecture from the Royal Society.

In terms of being a 'credible source' to an academic, it doesn't really get much better.

http://royalsociety.org/royalsociety.tv/

Scroll down to:

When will we understand Autism Spectrum Disorders?, Professor Francesca Happé

Excellent find. I've started watching the lecture now, although I should go sleep now

Update: but she talks mainly about autism in children, not Asperger's specific.