Asperger's

                       

Asperger’s is a form of autism you can't always tell if someone has autism, so it’s sometimes called a hidden disability.

People with Asperger syndrome can find it hard to read the signal of us take for granted this means I find it difficult to communicate and interact with others which can lead to high level shires confusion.



People with mental health problems say that the social stigma attached to mental ill health and the discrimination they experience can make their difficulties worse.

The syndrome is named after the Austrian pediatrician Hans Asperger who, in 1944, studied and described children in his practice who lacked non-verbal communication skills, demonstrated limited empathy with their

peers, and were physically clumsy.

The modern conception of Asperger syndrome came into existence in 1981 and went through a period of popularisation becoming standardised as a diagnosis in the early 1990s.

We thought that this would be an interesting taboo to research because it is not a subject that is spoken often about. I feel that there is so much that could be learnt about this disability.