Adults with Asperger Syndrome with and without a Cognitive Profile Associated with "Non-Verbal Learning Disability." A Brief Report

Autor/inn/en	Nyden, Agneta; Niklasson, Lena; Stahlberg, Ola; Anckarsater, Henrik; Dahlgren-Sandberg, Annika; Wentz, Elisabet; Rastam, Maria
Titel	Adults with Asperger Syndrome with and without a Cognitive Profile Associated with "Non-Verbal Learning Disability." A Brief Report
Quelle	In: Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 4 (2010) 4, S.612-618 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1750-9467
DOI	10.1016/j.rasd.2009.12.004
Schlagwörter	Autism; Asperger Syndrome; Learning Disabilities; Verbal Learning; Intelligence Quotient; Interpersonal Competence; Memory; Writing Ability; Profiles; Arithmetic; Nonverbal Ability; Psychomotor Skills; Visual Perception; Pragmatics; Diagnostic Tests; Social Adjustment; Academic Achievement + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autismus; Asperger-Syndrom; Learning handicap; Lernbehinderung; Verbales Lernen; Intelligenzquotient; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Gedächtnis; Schreibkompetenz; Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; Addition; Arithmetik; Arithmetikunterricht; Rechnen; Psychomotorische Aktivität; Visuelle Wahrnehmung; Pragmalinguistik; Diagnostic test; Diagnostischer Test; Soziale Anpassung; Schulleistung
Abstract	Asperger syndrome (AS) and non-verbal learning disability (NLD) are both characterized by impairments in motor coordination, visuo-perceptual abilities, pragmatics and comprehension of language and social understanding. NLD is also defined as a learning disorder affecting functions in the right cerebral hemisphere. The present study investigates if individuals with AS and a cognitive profile consistent with NLD (i.e. verbal IQ greater than performance IQ) would also have other problems inherent in NLD, visual memory and attention, reading/writing ability and arithmetic in the presence of preserved verbal memory and attention. Forty-four individuals with AS were assessed with a battery of neuropsychological tests. Reading/writing and arithmetic abilities were investigated. Education and global social adaptive levels were studied. Very few AS participants, even though with NLD cognitive profile showed problems with any of the neurocognitive abilities or academic achievements. However, all had poor global social adaptive functioning and few had paid employment, regardless of their cognitive profile. The present study suggests that AS and NLD are two different conditions even though some individuals in both groups have the verbal IQ greater than performance IQ profile that has been proposed to be typical of both AS and NLD. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10