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One of my classmates sent us this whole list of famous people with ASD and I did not know about a single one of these. For me the most surprising were Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein because I learned so much about them in school but never knew this.

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These are 3 theories help to explain some characteristics of ASD
-Impaired Theory of Mind:
Theory of mind refers to the ability to understand other's thoughts, beliefs, desires and intentions to understand their behaviors and be able to predict what they will do next. So therefore, impaired theory of mind aka: mind blindness is when someone has difficulty "putting themselves in someone else's shoes"
-Weak Central Coherence:
Children with autism may be really good at seeing the details but have a hard time seeing the overall "bigger picture"
-Impaired Executive Function:
Executive function refers to organizational and planning abilities, working memory, impulse control, time management and prioritizing, and using new strategies

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Aspergers is now what we call Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Level 1. It was in the DSM up until it was taken out for the 5th edition. It is still used legitimately by clinicians, parents, teachers, therapists, etc in conversation and can be especially helpful when trying to find information or understand the diagnosis (since it was used for so many years)

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-Persistant deficits in social communication and social interaction
-hard time with back and forth conversation
-less eye contact
-different body language
-not picking up on social cues and not understanding non-verbal language
-difficulty with developing, maintaining and understanding relationships
-Restrictive, repetitive patterns of behavior, interests, or activities
-must stick to a schedule and can get very upset if disruptive
-only interested in talking about specific subjects (ex: talking about cars but not about school)
-hand flapping (or some repetitive movement), lining things up
-Symptoms must be present in the early developmental period
-Symptoms cause clinically significant impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of current functioning
-ex: not being able to do something unless it is done in a specific order

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-Pervasive Developmental Disorder is now referred to as Autism Spectrum Disorder
-Aspergers is no longer used as the clinical diagnosis (but many people still use it instead or in conjunction with ASD Level 1)

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-Leo Kanner: was a child psychiatrist at John Hopkins Hospital; published a paper in 1943 and speculated that autism is very rare; by the 1950s, he was the leading authority on the subject; his criteria for diagnosing autism was very selective (ex: not diagnosing children who had seizures); said that autism was caused by cold, unaffectionate parents
-Lorna Wing: was a cognitive psychologist in London who did not agree with Kanner's findings (she had a daughter with autism however her and her husband were warm and affectionate). She looked in the community for children with autism so she could disprove his theories
-Hans Aspergers: Wrote a paper that went against what Kanner said. He said that autism is a disability, not something that is the parents fault.