Asperger in a sentence

Lorna Wing popularized the term Asperger syndrome in the English-speaking medical community in her 1981 publication citation of a series of case studies of children showing similar symptoms, and Uta Frith translated Asperger's paper to English in 1991.

David, who had epilepsy and Asperger’s syndrome, attended Aspris College North Wales in Wrexham and hoped to become a bricklayer.

Planet Earth’s savior Greta Thunberg, 21, diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome, OCD, and selective mutism, is no longer into saving the planet, she now wants to save Hamas.

What I love about The Good Doctor is that it truly captures the social difficulties Asperger people have – as well as their intelligence and value.

What is Asperger’s Syndrome?

First, Charlotte is on the autistic spectrum, having been diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome when she was six.

Greta, a 16-year-old with Asperger’s and autism, has managed to channel her feelings about climate change into action.

My son, aged six has Asperger's Syndrome.

The survey also found that just 8% of girls with Asperger syndrome were diagnosed before the age of six, compared with 25% of boys.

The young activist has Asperger syndrome has also been a talking point.

At an incidence of 4:1 male to female, autism has primarily been seen as a male condition, and Hans Asperger, who first theorised the condition in 1938, initially thought it was exclusive to males.

Brady lives in a mobile home with his dad, Wayne (played by his real-life father Tim Jandreau), who gambles and drinks too much but has a good heart, and teenage sister Lilly (also his real sister), who has Asperger’s Syndrome.

Common signs of Asperger's Syndrome in children include avoiding eye contact, and preferring to play alone or with adults - instead of joining in with other kids.

Edna Leonard, for Margerum, said he has mental health difficulties and has been diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome.

He added he suffered from Asperger’s and “struggles to deal with stressful situations”.

Here a mother has a beloved child who has Asperger’s, but this is no longer a term that is used, so she is dealing with a child who is on the ASD spectrum.

I, too, have mostly had male platonic friends … and I had a parent with Asperger’s as well.

Muslim convert Nicky Reilly, who tried to blow up a restaurant with a nail bomb and later died in prison, had learning difficulties and Asperger's syndrome.

She recognised herself in Christopher, the 15-year-old male protagonist with Asperger’s Syndrome.

She thought it lent important context to the narrower definition of autism then in use, and by the early ’80s, “Asperger syndrome,” and the idea of a broader autism “spectrum,” had entered the medical lexicon.