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• being a loner
• being active but odd
• being aloof or passive
• poor or exaggerated eye contact
• solemn/serious expression
• lack of empathy
• naivety
• difficulty with group work in a classroom or in team sports like football children with AS respond better to adults than to their peer group
• unable to initiate small talk but try getting them to stop talking about their special interest 
  

• speech may be delayed
• literal understanding of language
• idiosyncratic language

• a love of routine with extreme distress if it changes unusual play patterns e.g. lining toys up or taking them apart
• tendency to read factual rather than fiction books
• obsessional interests 
   

• pylons
• maps
• gadgets
• train spotting
• or any factual subject which they can immerse themselves in.
• maps
• gadgets
• train spotting
• or any factual subject which they can immerse themselves in. 
   
  

Gross Motor Movements

• clumsy poor co-ordination e.g. catching a ball or being accident prone flapping movements or nervous tics
• may walk with a lumbering stooped gait

  
Other Asperger Syndrome Traits

• higher than normal anxiety levels
• more interest in things rather than people
• hyper or hypo sensitivity to temperature/noise/smell/touch independent or creative thinker
   

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Email: webresponse@asperger.org.uk