According to Autism Europe and Spanish Strategy in Autism Spectrum Disorders, between 1 and 5 out of every 1.000 children born, do so with this syndrome. In addition, according to various studies, there is a greater incidence in boys than in girls.
El Asperger's syndrome It mainly affects two aspects of people: social comunication and flexibility of thought and behavior. From the way of relating to other people, to repetitive and obsessive behaviors, difficulty in dealing with changes.
It is not an intellectual disability. In many cases the opposite is true. People with high capacities with higher than average cognitive functioningbut that have a different behavior With difficulties to perform activities that require flexibility o conflict resolution, until absence of empathy
However, it should be noted that they are presented differently in each person, and that they can vary throughout the life cycle.
Asperger syndrome: main features
On the main characteristics related to social communication, are the difficulties in understanding and using the keys of nonverbal communication (gestures, facial expressions, tone of voice, etc.). This causes difficulties to understand jokes and jokes, sarcasms or phrases with double meaning.
In terms of behavior they usually develop their routine repetitively carrying out tasks or customs rigidly. They are interested in very specific things to which they spend a lot of time to generate obsessive behaviors.
These are children who usually suffer discrimination precisely because of the differences others see in them and the lack of information about the syndrome. The Asperger's syndrome is one of Autism Spectrum Disorders more common and less known. Therefore, many times all this generates prejudices among the people around them and are easily discriminated against by their surroundings. It is estimated that About 90% of children who have this syndrome have suffered bullying.
Asperger in Canary Islands
Precisely the lack of information and ignorance of their symptoms, as well as late or erroneous diagnoses mean that these children are not treated as they should, which makes them easy to harass or disturb.
In Canary Islandswe have the Association Asperger Canary Islands (ASPERCAN), which was created in 2005, as a result of the concern of a group of family members who, far from seeing their needs and concerns covered by the existing socio-health structure, decided to group together to fight for the rights of their sons and daughters. Rights that are so often truncated when it comes to accessing, in conditions of equity, the services offered by society in all aspects: education, employment, health, leisure and free time, etc.