Lay abstract: Many people with a diagnosis of ‘Asperger Syndrome’ have concerns over the replacement of this label with ‘autism spectrum disorder (ASD)’ within the new diagnostic manual that was published in 2013 (DSM-5). Negative associations with labels can have implications for the development of the stigmatization of clinical disorders. Stigma associated with schizophrenia has been widely s...

A distinctively uneven profile of intelligence is a feature of the autistic spectrum. Within the spectrum, Asperger individuals differ from autistics in their early speech development and in being less likely to be characterized by visuospatial peaks. While different specific strengths characterize different autistic spectrum subgroups, all such peaks of ability have been interpreted as deficit...

Asperger's syndrome was first described by Hans Asperger, a Viennese pediatrician, in 1944, who published a clinical description of a group of children who shared an unusual combination of developmental weakness and strengths. These children had severe social and communication abnormalities, restricted interests, motor delays, and clumsiness. Asperger initially named this syndrome autistic psyc...

ACG Actigraphy ADHD Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder ANOVA Analysis of variance AS Asperger syndrome CBCL Children's behaviour checklist CDI Children's depression inventory CI Confidence interval CSRF Children's self-report form for sleep disturbances DSPS Delayed sleep phase syndrome EEG Electroencephalography fMRI Functional magnetic resonance imaging INCL Infantile neuronal ceroi...