In 1944, Asperger described a syndrome that was subsequently given his name, although there is evidence from earlier European literature that clinical descriptions matching this disorder were available in the 1920s. Asperger's work was largely ignored until the seminal article by Wing, however, which led to a resurgence of interest in this diagnostic concept. Asperger disorder (AD) was only int...

Leo Kanner, an Austrian born American psychiatrist first described autism in 1943 152. His observations of a small group of children with behavioral symptoms of social withdrawal, impaired language/communication and obsession with sameness led to recognition of autism as a specific pervasive developmental disorder. At about the same time Austrian psychiatrist Hans Asperger independently describ...

We discuss the development of an embodied conversational agent with Asperger-like communication skills. The agent was developed for use in educational software in a virtual environment specifically aimed at autism spectrum disorder software. We describe the design and implementation of the agent, and pay particular attention to the interaction between emotion, personality and social context. A ...

Lay abstract: Many people with a diagnosis of ‘Asperger Syndrome’ have concerns over the replacement of this label with ‘autism spectrum disorder (ASD)’ within the new diagnostic manual that was published in 2013 (DSM-5). Negative associations with labels can have implications for the development of the stigmatization of clinical disorders. Stigma associated with schizophrenia has been widely s...

Five rating scales for screening and detection of Asperger's Disorder, three commercially available and two research instruments, are evaluated with reference to psychometric criteria outlined by Bracken in 1987 (Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 4, 313). Reliability and validity data reported in examiner's manuals or published reports are reviewed. The scales included in the review are ...

OBJECTIVES The objective of the study was to investigate the associations among maternal prepregnancy BMI, paternal BMI, and the risk of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) in children. METHODS The study sample of 92 909 children was derived from the population-based, prospective Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study. The age range was 4.0 through 13.1 (mean 7.4) years. Relative risks of ASDs ...

ACG Actigraphy ADHD Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder ANOVA Analysis of variance AS Asperger syndrome CBCL Children's behaviour checklist CDI Children's depression inventory CI Confidence interval CSRF Children's self-report form for sleep disturbances DSPS Delayed sleep phase syndrome EEG Electroencephalography fMRI Functional magnetic resonance imaging INCL Infantile neuronal ceroi...

BACKGROUND Because adult ADHD is often accompanied by psychiatric comorbidities, the diagnostic process should include a thorough investigation for comorbid disorders. Asperger-Syndrome is rarely reported in adult ADHD and commonly little attention is paid to this possible comorbidity. SUBJECTS AND METHODS We investigated 53 adult ADHD-patients which visited our out patient clinic for first A...

Corresponding author: Ali Sheikhani, PhD and member of Biomedical Engineering Faculty, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research branch-Tehran-Iran. Email:[email protected] Objective: To obtain abnormalities in quantitative Electroencephalography (QEEG) and to observe connectivity between electrodes in children with Asperger disorder. Method: In this study, spectrogram criteria a...