Asperger's syndrome

English

Alternative forms

• Asperger syndrome

Etymology

Named after Austrian pediatrician Hans Asperger (1906–1980).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈæspɜːɡəz ˈsɪndɹəʊm/, /ˈæspɜːdʒəz ˈsɪndɹəʊm/

• Audio (UK):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæspɝɡɚz ˈsɪndɹoʊm/

Noun

Asperger's syndrome (uncountable)

1. (dated, uncountable, neurology) An autism-related developmental disorder characterised by sustained impairment in social interaction and nonverbal communication and by repetitive behaviour as well as restricted interests and routines.

   Synonyms: AS, Asperger's, (obsolete) autistic psychopathy

   Hypernym: pervasive developmental disorder

Usage notes

• From ICD-11 and DSM-5 on, Asperger's syndrome has been merged with other disorders into autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and deemed a relatively mild manifestation of it.
• The term has become controversial, particularly because of Hans Asperger's activities during the Second World War (although his attitude towards Nazism is disputed).

Derived terms

• Aspergerian
• Asperger's
• Aspergian
• Aspergic
• aspie
• Assburgers
• sperg

 

Translations

autism related developmental disorder

• Afrikaans: Aspergersindroom
• Arabic: متلازمة اسبرجر (ar)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 亞氏保加症／亚氏保加症 (aa³ si⁶ bou² gaa¹ zing³)

  Mandarin: 亞斯伯格症候群／亚斯伯格症候群 (Yàsībógé zhènghòuqún) (Taiwan), 阿斯伯格綜合徵／阿斯伯格综合征 (Āsībógé zōnghézhēng) (mainland China)

• Czech: Aspergerův syndrom m
• Danish: Aspergers syndrom
• Dutch: syndroom van Asperger (nl) n, aspergersyndroom (nl) n
• Estonian: Aspergeri sündroom (et)
• Finnish: Aspergerin oireyhtymä (fi), Aspergerin syndrooma
• French: syndrome d’Asperger (fr) m
• German: Asperger-Syndrom (de) n
• Greek: σύνδρομο Άσπεργκερ (sýndromo Áspergker)
• Hebrew: תסמונת אספרגר
• Hindi: आस्पेर्गर सिंड्रोम (āspergar siṇḍrom)
• Hungarian: Asperger-szindróma
• Icelandic: Asperger helkenni
• Indonesian: sindrom Asperger
• Italian: sindrome di Asperger
• Japanese: アスペルガー症候群 (ja) (Asuperugā shōkōgun)
• Kazakh: Аспергера нышанаты (Aspergera nyşanaty), Аспергера синдромы (Aspergera sindromy)
• Korean: 아스퍼거 증후군 (Aseupeogeo jeunghugun)
• Latvian: Aspergera sindroms
• Lithuanian: Aspergerio sindromas
• Persian: نشانگان آسپرگر (nešânegân-e âsperger)
• Polish: zespół Aspergera (pl) m
• Portuguese: síndrome de Asperger (pt) f
• Romanian: sindromul Asperger
• Russian: синдро́м Аспе́ргера (ru) m (sindróm Aspérgera)
• Serbo-Croatian: Aspergerov sindrom m
• Spanish: síndrome de Asperger (es) m
• Swahili: ugonjwa wa asperger
• Swedish: Aspergers syndrom (sv) n
• Thai: กลุ่มอาการแอสเปอร์เจอร์
• Turkish: Asperger sendromu
• West Frisian: Aspergersyndroam, Aspergersyndroom
• Yiddish: אַספּערגער־סינדראָם (asperger-sindrom)

See also

• autism
• learning disability
• PDD
• pervasive developmental disorder