Over the course of time more and more people have started to associate Asperger Syndrome to Autism. Note; its not particularly Autism; but, the two are associated because they do have many similar symptoms. One reason lots of parents actually catch this is because of the familiarity of Autism. Recently you may have seen a tale on Oprah about Jenny McCarthy and her son and their realization that he had Autism. This made lots of parents more aware about what this diagnosis is, how it can alter your child and if your kid might or may not have it.

I think a lot of parents saw that episode on Oprah and sort of looked at their child thinking, "wow, that is what has been wrong!" or "wow, those symptoms sound just like my son's". It used to be that individuals didn't actually talk about this. If your kid had it, it could be years or possibly their entire lives before you knew they had it. Nowadays though, individuals are a lot more open about it. Actually, individuals like Jenny McCarthy even went on national TV for a purpose - to share her story and her sons story with everybody. So that if your child does have symptoms of Asperger, that you should get things checked out.

One should never ignore this, it is best if you can catch it as fast as possible. Few of the most common issues that parents see in a child which has Asperger's syndrome are; aggressiveness, self-injury, and social inappropriateness. For example lets say you have a relative right now which has very significant symptoms of this condition. He is near to 8 years old, struggles socially, he cannot speak correctly, and he is usually more inappropriate than one would like him to be. Most doctors involved with Aspergers have said that there is a variation in the structure of the brain of a child without this syndrome versus with.

Besides aggressiveness, self injury, and social inappropriateness, other major issues of this condition are; difficulty understanding and translating facial expressions and mannerisms of people, language inflexibility, lack of eye contact, abnormal nonverbal body postures, social and nonverbal problems, plus tremendously quick speech and a lack of coordination. Few individuals say that once your child definitely has Aspergers that they are changed eternally that there is no going back. Personally, I'm a big believer in life-style changes which could assist with Aspergers. There are things you could do to help you and your child.

I think that if you do change how you speak to and around your kid, if you change their dietary plan, if you're patient with them that over time the symptoms can decrease. It does take time, and it can be painful. But, this could be helped if you help them work on it. Do not give up on your kid just because they have Aspergers or Autism or any other issues. You're their parent, which is what you are there for, to love them unconditionally!