Asperger’s and Autism
How will including Asperger’s students under the Autism label impact the educational system.
First let’s take a look at the definitions of these terms. Individuals with Asperger’s meet the current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) criteria if they display impairments in social interaction and demonstrate restricted repetitive patterns of behavior (obsessive interests) without having any clinically significant delays in language acquisition skills and cognitive development.
