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In the article, “How to Speak Asperger’s,” by Fran Goldfarb and Guthrie Devine, the authors contend that learning to communicate with people with Asperger’s Syndrome is an important skill. The authors introduce the article by providing a narrative about Goldfarb’s son. The point of her narrative is that communication is misunderstood with people with Asperger’s Syndrome (AS). The author, Fran Goldfarb, explains how her son misunderstands communication with his teachers, and how punishment is ineffective, because of his Asperger’s. The authors start by explaining why communication is very complex. To begin with, people with AS struggle with communication, because of their lack of social cues. They tend to miss irony, humor, and they take everything literally. That’s why people with AS don’t understand communication and everything is a struggle for them.

Throughout the novel,’ The curious Incident of the dog in the night-time,’ the theme of the understanding and the acceptance of people’s differences is explored by Variety of events and different situations. Prior to reading this novel, most responders would have been unaware of differences between them and someone who has Asperger’s syndrome so the plot is ensuring us the readers the novel is informative to the responder.

Some of the choices he made through out the story have shown to be not strong or brave. When he was confronted with learning he would stray away and not take on the task. When he was confronted with his cousins he would back down and give in. When Owen Meany was disputing him he would give in or give up to the conversation. Towards the end John didn't want to make many decisions. He wasn't sure what he wanted to do with his life and as he did

1. This book allows one to look into the mind of an eleven year old girl suffering from Asperger’s Syndrome. It gives you examples concerning how she thinks and acts based on her surroundings and emotions.

The relationship between Asperger syndrome and autism has been a controversial topic in psychology. There is not a definite correlation which has been decided upon between the two and chiefly due to the fact that they are both overly similar. Concisely, psychologists seek to identify the main difference between them. In a simpler way, it is not yet clear whether autism and Asperger syndrome should be defined as independent (distinct) terms, or whether Asperger syndrome should be categorized under the wider realm of autism. In their researche, multiple scholars have come upon differing opinions and theories in support of their own perceptions of the two disorders which either agree or disagree at some point. Asperger syndrome is derived from Hans Asperger who is highly recognized for his efforts in defining the disease which many scholars had described as not diagnosable (Mayes, Calhoun & Crites, 2001).

Christopher Boone’s is born with Asperger syndrome and this enables Haddon to cast a sympathetic shadow on the audience. Through Christopher’s first point of view narration, readers are informed

When Oskar’s father passes away, Oskar’s main sources of security, acceptance, and love are gone. Though his mother is still alive, because she is grieving simultaneously, she cannot initially support Oskar in the way that his father did. As a result, Oskar’s communication disorders worsen. The more consumed and obsessed Oskar becomes with his quest, the more qualities feed into his communication disorder and his autistic tendencies become increasingly possessive. As previously mentioned, Oskar is autistic and according to the film, may have developed Asperger syndrome, though the initial results were “inconclusive” (Daldry 2011). However, based on observations from the film as well as research about ASD, it is evident that Oskar displays many non-verbal, but few verbal characteristics of his communication disorder developed with ASD.

The book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, written by Mark Haddon, follows the story of a teenager named Christopher Boone suffering with autism. In the book, Christopher begins to search for the murderer of his neighbor’s dog, and while looking, he figures that it was, in fact, his father who lied to him and killed the dog. Christopher learns that this is not the only lie, and he learns that his dad has actually lied to him about the death of his mother, so out of fear for his safety, he goes on a journey to London seeking his long thought dead mother. Christopher, due to his autism, sees things in the world differently than other people. He has trouble feeling empathy and experiencing emotions,

Chapter 1 focuses on autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDDs) and other Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASDs). Described in 1943 by Dr. Leo Kanner, autism (also known as autistic disorder, childhood autism, or infantile disorder) is one of the PDDs along with Rett's disorder, Childhood Disintegrative Disorder (CDD) referred to as Heller's syndrome, Asperger disorder, and Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS). Rett's is a rare genetic abnormality affecting brain development in girls. There are treatments available, but there is no known cure. Asperger disorder affects an individual's ability to socialize and communicate effectively. Individuals with Asperger disorder may be socially awkward and have a compulsive

In the book The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-time, by Mark Haddon, a boy named Christopher Boone suffers from Asperger’s syndrome. Throughout the book Christopher tries to find the killer of his neighbor's dog Wellington, but it turns into a quest about finding the truth about his parents. Since Christopher has Asperger he suffers from mental and emotional challenges. Christopher suffers from emotional isolation because of his social skills, his misunderstanding of others, and he doesn't think like a normal person.

Autism is a mental imbalance a provide Entitled, extremely introverted Disturbances of Affective Contact this fundamental state turned into the construct for all review with respect to what came to be known as Autism. It is a turmoil described by shortfalls in three noteworthy regions of conduct ¬ social, informative and the show of monotonous or limited practices. Autism records the fundamental components as "the nearness of extraordinarily irregular or hindered advancement in social association and correspondences and a uniquely limited collection of exercises and premiums. The social issues incorporate less eye contact, less consideration regarding social jolts and trouble in learning and utilizing the social abilities expected to work

One night 15 year old Christopher Boone finds his neighbour's dog dead in her front yard. Christopher wonders who killed it, and decides to write a book in which he tries to figure it out, like a murder mystery novel. Although it’s not directly stated, the narrator's text implies that he has an autism spectrum disorder called Asperger’s Syndrome. We can infer this because he displays traits of the disorder. For example, it’s difficult for him to understand social norms like body language and other forms of human interaction. He is, however, tremendously good at math and more logic-based skills. Christopher is an unreliable narrator because he has an extremely skewed and biased perspective cannot communicate properly and is only capable of extremely limited emotional interactions.

Robison’s memoir is optimistic and reassuring to all of his readers dealing with Asperger’s. John Elder Robison is, “…proud to be an Aspergian,” (Robison 5). He teaches his readers that “Asperger’s” does not have to be spoken in a negative tone. Somewhat similar to Robison’s attitude, Cukavac’s article reflects a proud, yet baffled tone. Jake is only twelve years old, yet he is enrolled in an electromagnetic physics class at Purdue University. Closely related to Robison’s statement, “Jake proudly refers to himself as an “Aspy,” or someone with Asperger’s,” (Cukavac 2 of 2). He is yet another example of a proud “Aspergerian”. The medical encyclopedia has a contrasting tone compared to the two previous texts. The article conveys an attitude that is forthright and authoritative. The text is clinical as it explains the causes and symptoms of the disorder along with the programs and support groups available for children with

John Marsden was born in Melbourne, Australia, he was the third child out of 4 children , he is born in September 27,1950 currently the age of 65. He was born in Victoria and grew up in a small Victorian country town of Kyneton to which his parents moved when John Marsden was two. John began school there and perhaps it was there that he acquired his liking for country living, a liking which has never left him.John taught at many primary schools from an early age. Johns teachers in years 4 to 6 encouraged him to write and at the age of nine he decided to become an author.Johns father was a banker and war veteran who was predisposed to long silences and anger.mum helm him succeed

For the purpose of this paper, I chose to analyze the communication disorder associated with ASD and the resulting social perceptions found in Stephen Daldry’s 2011 film Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close. Based off of the 2005 novel by Jonathan Safran Foer, the film tells the story of a nine-year-old boy named Oskar Schell after his father, Thomas Schell, is killed in the World Trade Center during the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001. The film follows Oskar on his emotional and later physical journey as he struggles to processes and accept his father’s sudden death as boy with strong autistic qualities. In this film, we are given the opportunity to better understand the emotions and mindsets commonly associated with autism and can therefore, better learn how to communicate with individuals like Oskar and to recognize their value and worth in society and this world.