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Anxiety
MotorAbnormalities
However, such portrayals of autism in dramas, movies and
television programs tend to be somewhat overly beautified. In
Sensory
Sensitivity
Language
reality, people with symptoms of autism are more alienated
Repetitive
from the society. Media usually portrays individuals with
Behavior
autism possessing special abilities in certain fields. However,
Social
Immnune
the reality is that most patients have imprisoned themselves
Interaction
Dysfunction
in the deepest of their hearts and minds, rarely trying to
communicate with others. Then what is autism? Does autism
mean a genius streak, or simply mental disorder? The Argus
Communications
Intellectual
would like to give readers a chance to distinguish between
Disability
Sleep
superficial and genuine meaning of autism, and understand
Disturbances
whatautismreallyis.
Seizure
Generaldefinitionandsymptoms
According to definitions by Austica, a British organization
of autism. One distinct symptom of this syndrome is that it
who aims to help people better understand autism, autism
lacks expression of compassion for others. Hence, people with
may equal to Autism Spectrum Disorders or conditions, and
Asperger’s Syndrome cannot help but experience hardship in
lifelong disabilities that, at their core, affect a person’s social
socializing with others. It also includes emotional exchange,
and communication abilities. As it is widely known, the word
eye-contact, and displaying of odd gestures. Unlike other
‘autism’ can be traced back to the Greek word ‘autos’ which
autism patients, however, those with Asperger’s Syndrome do
means ‘self.’ Hence, one with autism can also be understood
notrefusetointeractwithothers.Theyjusthavesomeproblems
as someone who has locked oneself up in one’s own space of
in handling their emotional status or the way to speaking on
mind. Major symptoms of autism include social interaction
a particular subject. For this reason, aspies are curable with
problems,communicationproblems,andrepetitivemovements.
proper treatments. Secondly, Servant Syndrome, which is also
However, these major symptoms do not always guarantee
a well known syndrome, means a person who has autism with
that an individual has autism. Each person has his or her own
extraordinarily high level of intelligence. The protagonist of
distinctivesymptoms;henceadiagnosisisverycarefullymade.
dramaGoodDoctormentionedearlierisalsodescribedtohave
thissyndrome.Awell-knownAmericanmovie,RainMan,also
portraysacharacterwithautismwhodisplayshighintelligence.
Broadspectrumofautism
Autism has also a wide range of spectrum. Each individual
shows different and complicated symptoms of autism, and
Still,pessimisticviewstowardsautism
autism does not necessarily bring certain set of disabilities at
Asitisrepeatedlyreferred,autismdoesnotalwaysaccompany
the same time. Some people might only have problems with
a remarkable talent or high level of intelligence. Rather, there
language, and others may possess more than two symptoms.
are still plenty of people who face daily challenges due to
In this article, however, The Argus would like to introduce
autism.Duetolackofunderstanding,thesymptomsofautism
threemajorsyndromesofautismthatmostbooksandmaterials
suchasabnormalgesturesandscreamingtendtodrawnegative
on describing autism generally agree on. Kanner’s Syndrome
reactions.Yes,itistruethatdisabilitiescanbeahardthingto
refers to the general definition of autism as mentioned earlier
understandformostofthepeopleingeneral,unlesstheytruly
in this article. Others include Asperger’s Syndrome and
understand the problems or situations the disabled are facing.
Servant Syndrome. In the following paragraphs, will show the
Our society is composed of various values and it would be a
symptoms of Asperger’s Syndrome and Servant Syndrome,
better place when all members of the society can live side by
bothofwhicharefairlyfamiliartoreaders.
side helping each other in times of difficulties. The important
thing is not just to simply recognize the various symptoms
and syndromes of autism, but to sincerely understand those
Differentanddistinctivesymptomsofeach
sufferingfromit.
syndrome
Although Asperger’s Syndrome also belongs to the family of
autism, there are several distinct differences. Like others with
richard@hufs.ac.kr
autism, people with Asperger’s go through similar symptoms
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