Welcome to Asperger Resources!

Aspergers Syndrome (AS) was named after Hans Asperger, a Viennese psychiatrist who published a paper in 1944 which was written in German. The Second World War caused a bias towards Hans Asperger and as a result his paper was ignored until 1981 when Dr. Lorna Wing a London psychiatrist brought Asperger's paper to light. In 1994 Aspergers Syndrome was added to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual IV, a professional guide for mental health.

Aspergers Syndrome is considered part of the Autism Spectrum and is located on the higher functioning end of the spectrum. Most people with AS have average intelligence or above. In fact Hans Asperger called his patients "little professors". AS is a neurological disorder which means people with Aspergers have brains that are wired a little different. These differences cause sensitivities to sensory (sight, sound, touch, smell and taste) parts of the brain and difficulties with non-verbal (body language) parts of the brain. Social situations are also an area of difficulty for people with AS. People without AS acquire social cues by intuition, people with AS have to learn these cues and often need them to be literally explained to them.

Please explore the rest of this web site and vist the Asperger Blog (web log) that was created for the Asperger community.

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