Differentiating Between Asperger’s And Adhd
Pervasive developmental disorder - Asperger syndrome; Autistic spectrum disorder - Asperger
Symptoms
People with Asperger syndrome become over-focused or obsessed on a single object or topic, ignoring all others. They want to know everything about this topic, and often talk about little else.
- Children with Asperger syndrome will present many facts about their subject of interest, but there will seem to be no point or conclusion.
- They often do not recognize that the other person has...
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