*Does your child or student make eye contact with you when you want to communicate?
A child with autism does not have or has limited eye contact, while a child with Asperger syndrome is more interested in his environment than a child with autism but maintains eye contact. It may often be insufficient.
*How does the child express himself when you communicate with him?
A child with Asperger syndrome has difficulty reading gestures and facial expressions and expressing his emotions. He has difficulty understanding the content of the language and chooses a plain expression when explaining himself. Voice and accents are monotonous. He is usually alone in the group.
*How does he behave when there is a subject that attracts the child's attention?
A child with Asperger syndrome is intensely and obsessively interested in several areas. Weather-maps-numbers etc. They participate in conversations related to their field of interest, have deep knowledge about these issues and easily focus their attention on this field of interest, but they do not make an effort to communicate if it is not their field of interest. A child who constantly lists numbers on drawing paper, who never gets tired of arranging numbers when given dough, or a child who comes to you and tells you about natural disasters in the world in full detail and is busy with the same thing every time, should attract attention in the classroom.
*How are the child's motor skills?
The body movements of a child with Asperger syndrome are clumsy. Sometimes it seems strange for the teacher to walk or go up and down stairs. The teacher may sometimes state that he walks slowly or even does not know how to run. Swaying may be observed in the fingertips.
Children with Asperger syndrome may have some repetitive behaviors or rituals. Like dressing in a certain order.
Summary; It is stated that children with Asperger syndrome are not prone to sports and are described as clumsy, clumsy and clumsy, and that there is something strange in their gait. While it is observed that they have problems in social communication and fail to initiate and continue communication, it is stated that they have special interests and that they can communicate only through this special interest area, and that they always want to keep their attention on this area of interest. They may not understand the other person's expectations. They often have articulation problems in their speech. In short, monotonous and plain expressions are encountered. It is more difficult to detect in a classroom environment than autism because these children are more introverted and keep to themselves and do not make an effort to show off the areas in which they are successful. Early diagnosis requires good observation. Hoping to be able to touch beautiful lives...
Ps: The above symptoms will not be experienced in the same way in every child, and having one of them in our student does not mean anything on its own. The important thing is to be aware, to be able to make good observations and to give correct guidance
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