is there any tell tale signs of Asperger's

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are there any symptons of Asperger's that one would have if they had AS.

like waht are the most common telltale signs?

I'll try:

-very obvious social difficulties
-tendency to have "obsessions" (obsessive interests)
-physical clumsiness
-sensory difficulties
-may have rituals or routines that they follow, when these routines are broken, it causes stress
-tendency to take things literally
-bad eye-contact
-strange facial expersions or posture
-difficulty picking up social cues

I garuntee I forgot one or more things, but I tried

hey, wow! are you talking about ME??

Asperger's Syndrome folks also can be very gullible

Yes.

Severe social impairment, which is defined by problems with emotional/social reciprocity, a lack of empathy/relatedness to others, lacking in a whole slew of nonverbal cues; having difficulty appreciating the same nonverbal cues when people utilize them. Funny voice characteristics (lacking in "appropriate" emotional inflection)

and

Restricted patterns of interest, which manifests by having an all-absorbing interest [at the time] that one devotes inordinate amounts of time to, and often at the exclusion of things one "should" be doing

These are the two main points for AS. Autism has more attached.

Yeah (it's an autism spectrum disorder).

I meant autistic disorder, which I usually refer to as autism.

That has (this is generally speaking) compared to AS:
Verbal communication difficulties
lack of imaginative play as a child; lining toys up, not playing with them properly, etcetera
cognitive delay in most cases; "backwards" in more areas than just social interaction
"aloofness" and self-isolation in most cases, from a child to adult
marked distress to change
motor mannerisms in relation to the interest, i.e., mimicking the actions of something over and over again; copying the boxing moves of Ali for example
rituals to do things; this ties into the marked distress of change

The "highest-functioning" of individuals with autistic disorder tend to blur the gap between the two, but there's still the above differences, just not as severe.

what a world when a child can only play with a toy 'properly'.

Yeah....

Instead of "driving" a toy truck, opening and closing its tray instead. Biting the toys ("mouthing"), and other inappropriate ways of playing with them.

There's a whole heap of handless, and gnawed on Star Wars figures buried in someone's backyard because of little Daniel....

You have to realize that, although everyone here is right about symptoms, it has to do with a preponderance of them, and they can change over time. I'm pretty sure I have AS, and here I am:

-very obvious social difficulties (A bit less obvious NOW)
-tendency to have "obsessions" (obsessive interests)
-physical clumsiness (I hid much of this)
-sensory difficulties (These don't tend to appear to others much with me, and I try to prevent them from appearing)
-may have rituals or routines that they follow, when these routines are broken, it causes stress
-tendency to take things literally (It is less likely with me now)
-bad eye-contact (I tend to look AROUND the eyes, so it isn't apparent)
-strange facial expersions or posture (Less obvious now)
-difficulty picking up social cues (I pick up on more now)
-guillible (Well, a LOT of people are guillible today. I have gotten pretty cynical)
-aloofness(Not that apparent now, but I am. Of course, my NEIGHBOORS all know!)

The SOCIAL problems and aloofness ARE pretty much a hallmark of autism/AS though. They are also THE major part of one of the points of the "triad of impairments", so I don't think you can have autism/as without that. Like I said though, that alone means little.

She's a minion of Skeletor.

I did Vader's work.

Take a look here and click on "diagnostic criteria."

Pops

Doing own thing and not being particularly swayed by other children as well.

From my observation, I notice that autistics (high and low) tend to be lost in their minds. This is the number one thing I notice. They are either smiling, humming, muttering, making facial grimaces, gesturing--something.

My son will rarely walk anywhere. He moves in a sort of a pattern or shuffles or runs, his body leaning forward, shaking his head back and forth as if he's involved in a video game. He did tell me once that he imagines he is one of the characters. Maybe walking is just too boring for him.

He will also shake his head back and forth and I know he's watching some visual in there, widen his eyes, sometimes mutter something. You have to look closely to notice this.

If he gets an object in his hand that he's wanted, he'll sometimes put it up against his cheek, hold it up at a particular angle, seem enamored by this particular object (whatever it is).

Sometimes, he's humming too.

I'm very observant as you can tell and my son is my life so I'm especially observant of his ways.

btw--my son is extremely high functioning and has a mere dash of autism, but just enough to cause some problems bringing him down to earth at times.

hope this helps.


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