Children with Asperger Syndrome (AS) have an obsessive interest in a single object or topic. Children with AS want to know everything about their topic of interest and don’t want to talk with others about anything else. Children with AS are sometimes referred to as “the little professors” because of their expertise, high level of vocabulary, and formal speech patterns. Children with AS also have repetitive routines or rituals; peculiarities in speech and language; socially and emotionally inappropriate behavior and the inability to interact successfully with peers. They have problems with nonverbal communication; and clumsy and uncoordinated motor movements.
