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In addition: all of the following:
 | nA significant impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning |
| nNo significantly general delay in language |
| nNo significant delay in cognitive development or age-appropriate self help skills (other than social interaction) and curiosity about the environment in childhood |
Notes
This is the additional criteria to determine Asperger Syndrome from Autism.
The differences between Autism and Asperger Syndrome are :
No general delay in language, and
No significant delay in cognitive development (other than social interaction).
So what are the characteristics
of Asperger Syndrome?
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