The syndrome of Asperger’s is the second most prevalent ASD and a milder type of autism. Children with Asperger’s syndrome have a greater level of language development than kids with autism and often have ordinary intellectual capacity coupled with a lack of interest in social communication.
Children with Asperger’s may not initiate or engage in a discussion and do not compensate for their language by using nonverbal means of communication, thereby restricting their peer interactions. Like autism, Asperger’s kids do not share with others pleasure or concerns.
As the resultant symptoms are alike between autism and Asperger’s syndrome, over the years it has come to be clubbed under autism spectrum disorder.