Asperger’s disorder (AD) is a developmental neurological disorder that affects the human nervous system. It is described as a type of autistic spectrum disorder. The name itself is termed by professor Hans Asperger, an Austrian psychiatrist who described the condition and its symptoms among four young patients in 1944. He defined his young patients as having a difficulty in social interactions, nonverbal communications like gestures and facial expressions, narrow range of interests, and a lack of empathy. He also identified that this syndrome is distinctive as it is not a learning disability because people who live with it are as smart or smarter than normal people. For instance, one Asperger’s patient solved an error in Newton’s laws of motion …show more content…
It is the most accurate classification of mental health disorders. First of all, every illness and disorder is given a number; Asperger’s disorder is given the number 299.80 in term of DSM-IV, which is likely to be the first sort that gives simple numeric classification for illness and mental disorders. The number of ‘299 refers to the main category, which is pervasive developmental disorder (PDD), whereas the number of ‘80 refers to the sub-main category, which is Asperger’s syndrome. Second, this criterion describes some general features of Asperger’s syndrome. For instance, lack of social reciprocity, failure to comminute with normal people especially in gestures and facial expressions, anxiety, and no significant delay in language. Epidemiological Studies show that around 2 to 5 of 1000 people are having some forms of Asperger’s syndrome in term of DSM-IV criterion. This standard consists of some exceptional diagnosis of the one that Asperger’s gave. It illustrates only that two domains of early childhood development are affected. However, in 2013, Asperger’s disorder is eliminated and considered to be an autistic spectrum disorder in DSM-5 …show more content…
In 1944, Hans Asperger, a Viennese physician, described the term Asperger’s as a difficulty in socializing, gesturing, and showing sympathy. This definition was confusing until 1994 when it was defined as a type of autistic spectrum disorder. Hans’ distinguished Asperger’s syndrome from learning disability because people with Asperger’s have the same or higher IQ than normal people. Although Hans’ gives a good description, some of his assumptions are considered to be fault. That is why more than half of people are misdiagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome. Despite the fact that it is hard to estimate whether a person has an Asperger’s, three of 20 criteria seems to be accurate for psychologists if they take into account the importance of these classifications. Gillberg and Gillberg, ICD-10, and DSM-IV are the three major criteria that most of health organizations depend on. Gillberg and his wife Gillberg describe Asperger’s as the first scientific classification that had appeared in 1989. However, this classification contains some errors like considering Asperger’s people as having lack of knowledge or language and debility of six domains. ICD-10, on the other hand, is the most well-known criterion for many health institutions, which the world health organization published it. It describes the illness