Why is it called asperger syndrome?

Answer 1

No definitive explanations have yet been found for the reason or reasons Asperger's disorder does not enter remission. Nor have any definitive explanations been found for the reason or reasons the condition apparently defies treatments and/or efforts to prevent it. We most often associate diseases with the idea of going away or going into remission. Asperger's Syndrome is not a disease. Social skills training is one form of help that can make a person with Asperger's Syndrome better able to interact in the world.

=== === Some cases of autism and Asperger's Syndrome are inherited from a parent with the genes for it. Some cases are spontaneous mutations of a relevant gene. Researchers are trying to determine how to prevent and cure autism and Asperger's Syndrome. Many of the researchers think it is too late to cure by the time most cases are identified (age 2 or later), so they are trying to identify cases before birth or within the first months. I read a speculation that autism, Asperger's Syndrome, and other conditions causing differences in the functioning of the brain are evolution's way of creating progress in the race, because people who think outside-the-box, approaching the topic from a new perspective, are the ones who make the great discoveries. I once read a quote to the effect that the only new discoveries in the world come from fools who do not know it cannot be done and the very, very wise men who know it can. I don't think it is progress, everyone thinks I'm nuts.

Answer 2

It is still being researched but there is strong evidence that it is genetic and more evident on the father's side however the mothers are known to possibly have genetic influence on AS.

I read an article that high testosterone levels can possibly result in an infant being born with AS. This was the same article that mentioned the possibility that low testosterone can result in an infant growing up to become homosexual.

Answer 3

Asperger Syndrome is backed up with strong evidence that it is hereditary, usu. through the father's side but known to come from the mother's as well.

You can not "get" it like a cold, but rather you are born with it.

Answer 4

Asperger's Syndrome is considered part of the Autism spectrum because the core feature - the inability to understand social interaction is the absolute reality of the entire autism spectrum, inclusive of AS.

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Answer 5

Asperger Syndrome is a name given to Autism where there are no clear developmental delays, however the diagnosis of Asperger Syndrome no longer exists as there is no clear evidence that it was distinctly different to Autism. Autism doesn't go away because the brain doesn't go away, you are born Autistic and as Autism is a neurological difference it remains as long as your brain remains.

Autism is not a disease so it wouldn't even go into 'remission'.

Answer 6

Autism is a neurological variation, just like other neurotypes it is a result of genetics and how the brain develops in the second trimester of pregnancy as a result. No one knows the exact cause of Autism, we can say it's largely genetic but it isn't specific to only certain genes or mutations. In fact we don't even know what Autism is exactly, we diagnose autism based on characteristics but there can be a lot of variation in how autism presents in different people so it may in fact be due to a number of different neurological and biological factors all contributing to one disorder.

Answer 7

There is no definitive answer to the question of why Asperger's syndrome actually even exists; research has still not been successful in definitively identifying its actual cause or causes.

Answer 8

Autism is a disorder involving an extra chromosome no one knows why this happens