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Diagnostic criteria for Asperger's
Syndrome, from Szatnmari, Bremner, and Nagy (1989)
(reprinted from Tony Attwood, Asperger's Syndrome: A Guide for Parents and Professionals, p. 197.)
1. Solitary, at least two of
the following:
* No close friends
* Avoids others
* No interest in
making friends
* A loner
2. Impaired social interaction,
at least one of the following:
* Approaches others
only to have own needs met
* A clumsy social
approach
* One-sided
responses to peers
* Difficulty
sensing feelings of others
* Detached from
feelings of others
3. Impaired Nonverbal Communication,
at least one of the following:
* Limited facial
expression
* Unable to read
emotion from facial expression of child
* Unable to give
message with the eyes
* Does not look at
others
* Does not use
hands to express oneself
* Gestures are
large and clumsy
* Comes too close
to others.
4. Odd speech, at least two of
the following:
* Abnormalities in
inflection
* Talks too much
* Talks too little
* Lack of cohesion
to conversation
* Idiosyncratic use
of words
* Repetitive
patterns of speech
5. Does not meet DSM-III-R (Diagnostic
And Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders, third edition, revised) criteria
for:
*Autistic disorder
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