Children with Asperger's Syndrome (AS) grow up to be adults with AS. The current estimate of children with AS could be as high as 1 in every 250. So, the rate of adults with AS could be the same.
Pervasive developmental disorders (autism spectrum disorders) are estimated to occur at a rate of 2-6 per 1000 in the US population. Males are diagnosed at a rate 3-4 times higher than that of...
Break-ups, depression, low self-esteem, lack of self confidence, hard times at home and school...all of these and more have major effects on teenagers. I have suffered depression, eating disorders...
Teenagers have so much stress on them. Including dating, sexuality, the awakening of desire. friends, parents, mental or physical illness, school, bullying, the future, religion, and peer-pressure....