What distinguishes Asperger's Syndrome from autism is the severity of the symptoms and the absence of language delays. Children with Asperger's may be only mildly affected and frequently have good language and cognitive skills. To the untrained observer, a child with Asperger's may seem just like a normal child behaving differently. They may be socially awkward, not understanding of conventional social rules, or show a lack of empathy.

Asperger’s Syndrome (AS) is one of the autism spectrum disorders. It is characterized by social and communication difficulties and a tendency to focus on interests that are more narrow than would typically be expected. People with AS may also experience the sensory world differently (e.g., be especially sensitive to light or noise), have difficulty with organization and planning, and experience some motor clumsiness. See similar questions...

Autism is a neurological condition in which individuals experience difficulties in social interaction and communication skills, along with a tendency to show repetitive behaviors or interests. A life-long condition, autism interferes with individuals understanding what they see, hear, and otherwise sense. This often results in serious problems carrying out social relationships and communication. See similar questions...

Dr. Leo Kanner first described autism as a specific condition in a paper published in 1943. A year later in 1944 an Austrian pediatrician, Hans Asperger, published another paper that first described a similar condition that later became known as Asperger Syndrome. These landmark papers were the first attempts to explain autism and Asperger’s. See similar questions...

The degree of severity of characteristics differs from person to person, but usually includes the following characteristics identified by researchers at the University of North Carolina and adopted from their TEACCH web site entitled “Autism Primer: Twenty Questions and Answers.” Delays in language development – Language is slow to develop, if it develops at all, and usually includes peculiar speech patterns or the use of words without attachment to their normal meaning. B. See similar questions...

A REAL marriage is defined by the couple. What I mean by a REAL marriage is one that is meaningful to the couple whether it looks like something from the movies, books, or television or not. A REAL marriage is not a marriage of pretenses. I think we often see what happens in Hollywood or its productions and think that our marriages or lives need to be that way to be fulfilling. See similar questions...

People who would be attracted to a New Couple kind of relationship don't always end up together. Sometimes one mate is very interested in learning relationship skills and personal development and the other simply isn't. We call such unions "new mixed marriages." This could be a kind of spiritual crisis for the couple, and asks us to pay intense attention to raising our self-love and to get clear about our own healthy conditions for relationship. See similar questions...

Not officially our patch, but we are aware of a growing interest in the Via Francigena, and have added an Overview page and a couple of links to our list. However, a fellow association, the Confraternity of Pilgrims to Rome, came into being late in 2006. We extend them a warm welcome, and wish them buen camino. Contact them at info*pilgrimstorome.org.uk [To reduce the risk of spam, we're removing direct e-mail links from this site. See similar questions...

Eight months is a long time out of our busy lives, but a few friends will be meeting me along the way to walk some stages together, which I'm really looking forward to. Tired, yes, but bored? No. It's not the walking I go for, it's what you find when you go. Each and every day is fascinating. You never know what's around the next corner. Once I came out from behind a rocky bluff, to see a magnificent stag barely 10 metres away. I was close enough to hear him breathe out in surprise. See similar questions...

Israel is a land of beautiful hills and valleys, and we will be walking on several of them. The walks are not extremely strenuous, but be prepared to do some walking over uneven terrain. The best way to prepare is to begin walking, on a daily basis, in the shoes you will be wearing while in Israel. See similar questions...

The eggshells are baked in an oven for 1/2 hour at 350 degrees to kill off any bacteria left from the egg residue. The heat kills any nasty stuff that might make the birds sick. Birds eat the eggshells for the calcium they provide. During the egg-laying season female birds need to replace calcium lost in egg production. Eggshells are a great source of this important mineral. See similar questions...

Not exactly. It means it did not exist in the way the Church says that marriages exist. A declaration of nullity does not deny that a relationship existed. It simply states that the relationship which existed was not what the Church means by marriage. See similar questions...

Literally, it's the hat that the narrator's grandmother is forced by her husband to burn after, symbolically speaking, all love and romance has died in their marriage. It's related to the physical abuse that existed in Katherine's grandmother Naomi's marriage. So, the title Burning of the Marriage Hat is about physical abuse and a woman's ability or inability to walk away from a marriage where physical abuse governs her life. See similar questions...

Clinicians and researchers know that autism and AS have many similarities, but the limitations in our knowledge still prevent an authoritative answer on how the two conditions differ. To some extent, the answer depends on the way clinicians and researchers use the concepts to diagnose, since until the early 1990’s there was no standard definition of AS. See similar questions...

Currently, no single medical test exists that will definitively diagnose autism spectrum conditions. Neither AS nor autism can be diagnosed by looking at a blood sample or performing a brain scan. Although these are physical, neurological conditions, researchers are still looking for genetic or other physical causes that may lead to a definitive test. Short of this, the diagnosis is made on the basis of observable characteristics of the individual. See similar questions...

Asperger Syndrome (AS) is neurologically based and is classified as a pervasive developmental disorder (PDD) or autism spectrum disorder (ASD). It was first identified by Hans Asperger, a Viennese pediatrician, in 1944. Asperger Syndrome was added to the DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) in 1994. Related diagnoses include: High-Functioning Autism, Nonverbal Learning Disability, Semantic-Pragmatic Disorder, and PDD-NOS. See similar questions...