Symptoms

Asperger's - how it manifests itself

•Becomes evident in early childhood

• Difficulty interacting socially

•Narrow interests; obsessive collecting; manic reading

•Repetitive routines and reclusive nature

•Speech and language problems

•Inability to understand non-verbal communication, ie body language

•Clumsy and awkward; hyperactive

•Food fads; hypersensitivity to clothing

•Stilted speech with exaggerated inflection

•Childlike and naive, even in adulthood