Children with a diagnosis of Asperger's disorder share characteristics in common with children who have a diagnosis of autism. These shared characteristics include which of the following?
a. impairment in social interaction and highly repetitive patterns of interest and behavior
b. normal or exceptionally high intellectual abilities
c. extensive interest in and knowledge about a topic of special interest
d. severe neurological abnormalities that can be seen on positron emission tomography (PET) scans or other types of imaging
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Children with Asperger's share many of the characteristics of autism, but are far less severely affected. Asperger's syndrome is characterized by the combination of severe impairments in social interaction with highly repetitive patterns of interests and behaviors. These interests are often highly limited, but children with Asperger's frequently gain a great deal of knowledge about a relatively narrow range of topics. Unlike with autism, where communication skills are severely impaired, children with Asperger's syndrome have normal repetitive and expressive language.
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