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It is a weaker form of autism. Many people don’t know the Asperger’s syndrome but

they know the more pronounced early childhood autism. Between these two forms of

autism, is a smooth transition. The two forms mentioned above were described at

almost the same time, but while early childhood autism gradually became better

known, knowledge about Asperger's syndrome disappeared from the scene. The

knowledge reappeared, and the Asperger’s syndrome gets its place in ICD-10 but it

stays less pronounced.

As we know from the other forms of autism, boys have Asperger’s syndrome more

often than girls do. That doesn’t mean girls can’t have autism.

The behaviour of people with Asperger’s syndrome can seem normal if they are

among themselves. However, there are situations in which you can’t see from the

outside if it is a group of people which belong together or not. If you are part of the

group and have Asperger’s you know that both forms of being together are ok and feel

right.

The fear that people with Asperger’s sitting together, will not talk or that they will

quarrel all the time if there isn’t someone who conducts the conversation, cannot be

confirmed. Often the interaction between people with autism is easier if there isn’t

anybody who thinks that a blunt statement is abusive, impolite, or sometimes

questionable.

Often autistic people can speak more freely when there isn’t a non-autistic person in

the group, who thinks that some statements are impolite, offensive, and sometimes

dubious.

Asperger's syndrome ranges in severity from almost "normal" to severe early

childhood autism. A person with Asperger’s Syndrome knows her/his own diagnosis

often late for example in the adulthood or she/he don’t know it all through her/his life.

This can have two reasons. Nobody sees that the person has the Asperger’s Syndrome,

or the person do not want to know it. During the childhood, you can make the

diagnosis more easily because the children can’t control their behaviour. For adults,

there are very few possibilities for making the diagnosis and it’s more difficult.

When we talk about help for autistic people, it’s often the same problem. For children,

there are some possibilities to get help but for adults it’s very hard to get help.

However, it is the same struggle for both children and adults: to get the diagnosis or

help you need to stand up and do something and often you have to fight. It is very

helpful to know where the helping structures are and how you can get help from them.

In addition, when you have energy left after that, you can get to know different

programmes that should help and try them – it could be helpful to use them. There are

no really suitable aids for people with slightly pronounced autism. It is always a

combination of different aids that ultimately bring one further. And often therapists

and doctors do not have to be well versed in autism but must be willing to deal openly

with the subject and as it is always, the chemistry must be right.